Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-7910) (Multiple Advisories): kernel security and bug fix update
9
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
11/16/2016
07/25/2018
04/11/2017
01/22/2020
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(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules
- oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules-provider-headers
- oracle-linux-upgrade-dtrace-modules-shared-headers
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-abi-whitelists
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-doc
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-firmware
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-headers
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-tools-libs-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-debug-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-doc
- oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-firmware
- oracle-linux-upgrade-perf
- oracle-linux-upgrade-python-perf
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