CVE-2016-9120: Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a…

PriorityP337high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.74%

75.4th percentile

Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.

Affected

11 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)	linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)
google	android	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.14 < 3.16.40	3.16.40
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.17 < 3.18.51	3.18.51
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.19 < 4.1.41	4.1.41
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.2 < 4.4.65	4.4.65
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.5 < 4.6	4.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8LOW

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