CVE-2016-7910

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…

published November 16, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02966 · 87.0th percentile
Published
2016-11-16T04:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 NOV 04:49Z
    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…
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