CVE-2015-8962

HIGH7.3

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg

Published Nov 16, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.

References

WEBhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432 WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187 WEBhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432 WEBhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8962

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

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

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedNov 16, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024