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CVE-2016-4794
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-05-23T10:59:12.427 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:48:14.013

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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