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FKIE_CVE-2016-7913

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-11-16 05:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:53
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure.
References
security@android.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94201Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dfbcc4351a0b6d2f2d77f367552f48ffefafe18Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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