Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-firmware package, versions <0:2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-KERNELUEKFIRMWARE-2519377
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Nov 2016

Introduced: 16 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-7910  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 kernel-uek-firmware to version 0:2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-3538.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-firmware package and not the kernel-uek-firmware package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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