CVE-2016-7912
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7912
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7912.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7912
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-11-16T05:59:07Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffsusercopyworker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/ffs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a