CVE-2016-9120 (GCVE-0-2016-9120)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-08 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42
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EPSS
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Summary
Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2016-03-12 00:00
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