Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.
Published: 2016-05-23
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5778 Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.265Z

Reserved: 2016-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4794

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:12.427

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-4794

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4794 - Bugzilla

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