High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8962
CVE-2015-8962
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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