vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-9120): linux-fips vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 8, 2016 | Feb 11, 2025 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 8, 2016
Added
Feb 11, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free existed in the ION driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-fips
References
- CVE-2016-9120
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-9120
- CWE-416
- URL-http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7
- URL-http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- URL-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9120
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