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LIN8-3776 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-4794

Created: May 31, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jun 30, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.7
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.<a href=http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html>CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-4794

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