CVE-2016-7912: Use After Free
First published: Mon Nov 07 2016(Updated: )
Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.15<3.16.40 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.17<4.1.24 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.2<4.4.9 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.5<4.5.3 | |
| Google Android | ||
| debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.115-1 6.1.119-1 6.11.10-1 6.12.5-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a
- https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2016-11-01 (Advisory)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7912
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