vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2016-10109)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 23, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 23, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
The SCardReleaseContext function normally releases resources associated with the given handle (including "cardsList") and clients should cease using this handle. A malicious client can however make the daemon invoke SCardReleaseContext and continue issuing other commands that use "cardsList", resulting in a use-after-free. When SCardReleaseContext is invoked multiple times, it additionally results in a double-free of "cardsList".
The issue allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service, but can potentially result in privilege escalation since the daemon is running as root while any local user can connect to the Unix socket. Fixed by patch "SCardReleaseContext: prevent use-after-free of cardsList" which is released with hpcsc-lite 1.8.20 on 30 December 2016.
The issue allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service, but can potentially result in privilege escalation since the daemon is running as root while any local user can connect to the Unix socket. Fixed by patch "SCardReleaseContext: prevent use-after-free of cardsList" which is released with hpcsc-lite 1.8.20 on 30 December 2016.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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