High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-9120
CVE-2016-9120
Description
Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same time.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94669nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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