ghsa-5hj2-4mjx-w4vv
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:55
Modified
2022-05-14 03:55
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2016-7910",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-416",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2016-11-16T05:59:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-5hj2-4mjx-w4vv",
   modified: "2022-05-14T03:55:49Z",
   published: "2022-05-14T03:55:49Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7910",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
}


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