SB2016012802 - Denial of service in Linux Kernel
Published: January 28, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016012802
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7913)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition or gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c due to use-after-free error. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption via vectors involving omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure, cause the service to crash or gain root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.