Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-2102169
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 28 Jan 2016
Introduced: 28 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-7913 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7913
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/