CVE-2016-7912

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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