CVE-2015-8962 (GCVE-0-2015-8962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-16 04:49 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36
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Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.
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