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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10088: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10088: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/30/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • 95169
  • CVE-2016-10088
  • RHSA-2017:0817
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • RHSA-2017:2669

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