CVE-2016-7910
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-16 04:49
Modified
2024-08-06 02:13
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.64% (0.68303)
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.
References
security@android.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1Release Notes
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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