CVE-2016-7913

Description

The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3