7.3
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-8962

Published: 16/11/2016 Updated: 19/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.3 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.3
VMScore: 828
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #770492 linux-image-3160-4-686-pae: chown removes securitycapability xattr on other users' files (CVE-2015-1350) Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Affects: wireshark-common, iputils-ping, fping Reported by: Ben Harris <bjh21@cama ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel SCSI subsystem, which allowed a local user to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by issuing an SG_IO ioctl call while a device was being detached ...