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CVE-2015-8962
HIGH · CVSS 7.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-16T05:59:01.797 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:34.433

Summary

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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