| Name | CVE-2016-9777 |
| Description | KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and host OS crash) via a crafted interrupt request, related to arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c and arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 6.11.7-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.11.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.8.15-1 |
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400804
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/81cdb259fb6d8c1c4ecfeea389ff5a73c07f5755 (v4.9-rc7)
Introduced in: https://git.kernel.org/linus/af1bae5497b98cb99d6b0492e6981f060420a00c (v4.8-rc1)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/02/2