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CVE-2016-10088 Details

Description

The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95169	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037538	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95169	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037538	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-416	Use After Free	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	< 3.10.107 >= 3.11, < 3.12.70 >= 3.13, < 3.16.40 >= 3.17, < 3.18.47 >= 3.19, < 4.1.38
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 7, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 4, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]