CVE-2016-9120

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedDec 8, 2016
First seenDec 8, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.16.40, 3.18.51, 4.1.41, 4.4.65, 4.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel3.14 ≤ v < 3.16.40, 3.17 ≤ v < 3.18.51, 3.19 ≤ v < 4.1.41, 4.2 ≤ v < 4.4.65, 4.5 ≤ v < 4.63.16.40, 3.18.51, 4.1.41, 4.4.65, 4.6

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