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CVE-2016-7910

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
16/11/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.2.84 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.3 (including) 3.10.103 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.11 (including) 3.12.63 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.13 (including) 3.14.76 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.15 (including) 3.16.39 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.17 (including) 3.18.40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.19 (including) 4.1.31 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.2 (including) 4.4.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.5 (including) 4.6.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.7 (including) 4.7.1 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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