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SUSE: CVE-2016-7910: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7910: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1
  • 94135
  • RHSA-2017:0892
  • RHSA-2017:1297
  • RHSA-2017:1298
  • RHSA-2017:1308
  • CVE-2016-7910
  • USN-3206-1
  • USN-3207-1
  • USN-3207-2
  • DLA-772-1
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