High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-10088
CVE-2016-10088
Description
The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95169nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037538nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669nvdThird Party Advisory
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