CVE
- Id
- 96396
- CVE No.
- CVE-2016-9576
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly restrict the type of iterator, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device.
- Phase
- Assigned (20161123)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments