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: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 829

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.

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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 ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVS ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of seq_file where a local attacker could manipulate memory in the put() function pointer This could lead to memory corruption and possible privileged escalation ...

CWE-416 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892 https://nvd.nist.gov https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770492 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3207-1/

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