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ALT-PU-2016-1858-1

Package update kernel-image-std-def in branch sisyphus

Version4.4.18-alt1
Published2016-08-18
Max severityHIGH
Severity:

Closed issues (1)

CVE-2016-7910
HIGH7.8

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.

Published: 2016-11-16Modified: 2025-04-12
CVSS 2.0CRITICAL 9.3
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H