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CVE-2016-9576

Description

The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly restrict the type of iterator, 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.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
Debian 12 linux 6.1.15-1
Debian 11 linux 5.10.158-2
Debian 10 linux 4.19.249-2
Debian 999 linux 6.1.20-1

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