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LIN8-5139 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-7911

Created: Nov 17, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Nov 21, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.12
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system call.

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7911

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