CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7912
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-416
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.16.40)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 4.1.24)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.9)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.5.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a 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-4.5.3 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a 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-4.5.3 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory