CVE-2016-9576
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 23, 2016
Description
The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly restrict the type of iterator, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3118vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:3248vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a0ac402cfcdc904f9772e1762b3fda112dcc56a0
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3085vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a0ac402cfcdc904f9772e1762b3fda112dcc56a0
- RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:3188vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:3086vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:3146vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:3203vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0817vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2016:3217vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403145
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14
- [oss-security] 20161209 Linux Kernel use-after-free in SCSI generic device interfacemailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
- 94821vdb-entry
- SUSE-SU-2016:3252vendor-advisory
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