CVE-2016-4794

high

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.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-23

Updated: 2023-02-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H