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"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-11-16T05:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-5hj2-4mjx-w4vv",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:55:49Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:55:49Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298"
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      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84"
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