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LIN8-5327 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-9120

Created: Dec 15, 2016    Updated: May 29, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 17, 2017
Found In Version: 8.0.0.11
Fix Version: 8.0.0.13
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-9120

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