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CVE-2016-7910

Date: November 15, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7910
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7910
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7910
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7910
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7910

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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