CVE-2016-10150

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvm_ioctl_create_device function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the /dev/kvm device.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 4.8.0 before 4.8.13 — fixed in 4.8.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.8.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95672
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414506
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0f1d21c1ccb1da66629627a74059dd7f5ac9c61

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