CVE-2016-7911

Published: Nov 16, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system call.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.6

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4

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94135

vdb-entry

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CVE-2016-7911

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