7.8high

CVE-2016-9120

Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain pri…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-416 Use After Free
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94669 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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