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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889	VDB Entry Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Configuration 2 (hide)

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Information

Published : 2016-05-23 03:59

Updated : 2023-02-15 18:32

NVD link : CVE-2016-4794

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4794

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

linux

linux_kernel

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