CVE-2015-8962

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a…

published November 16, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01800 · 78.3th percentile
Published
2016-11-16T04:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 NOV 04:49Z
    Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a…
    cvelistv5