cve-2016-4794
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:39
Severity
Summary
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.
References
SourceURLTags
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889VDB Entry, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
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