CVE-2016-4794

Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-05-23

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889
• https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html