CVE-2016-9083 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-9083?

CVE-2016-9083 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a "state machine confusion bug."

Weakness: CWE-190, CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9083?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9083?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-9083 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9083 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9083, GHSA-5r95-3f2r-9v8g, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9083.