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CVE-2016-7910
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-16T05:59:05.110 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:44.330

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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