Use After Free Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.08% (37th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-1357142
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 1 Jul 2016
Introduced: 1 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-7911 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system call.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.6
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7911
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