CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7913
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
The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.10.106)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.70)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.18.51)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.41)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.65)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.6)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/ Third Party Advisory