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Debian: CVE-2016-7910: linux -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 16, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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