CVE-2016-4794
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4794
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4794.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4794
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-23T10:59:12.427Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T22:23:05.748314Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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
-
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90625
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335889
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/17/125
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/12/6
Affected packages
Git /
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.18"
},
{
"fixed": "3.18.37"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.19"
},
{
"fixed": "4.1.28"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.2"
},
{
"fixed": "4.4.16"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.5"
},
{
"fixed": "4.6.5"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4794.json"