CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7911
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362, CWE-416
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.85)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.107)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.70)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.38)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.29)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.17)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.6.6)
Related
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.6 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory