CVE-2016-9120: Use After Free
First published: Mon Dec 05 2016(Updated: )
Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.14<3.16.40 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.17<3.18.51 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.19<4.1.41 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.2<4.4.65 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.5<4.6 | |
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Reference Links
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7
- https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2016-12-01 (Advisory)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94669
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7
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