CVE-2016-7913
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Use-after-free
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190Advisory