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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7913: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-7913: Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/16/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.

Solution(s)

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

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