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2016-11-16
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.
Products | Linux_kernel |
Type | Use After Free (CWE-416) |
First patch |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84 |
Patches | http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84 |
Relevant file/s | ./block/genhd.c (modified, +1) |
Links |
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 • http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1 • http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135 |
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