CVE-2016-10088

HIGH

CVSS Score

Published: December 30, 2016 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

HIGH7

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v < 3.10.1073.11 ≤ v < 3.12.703.13 ≤ v < 3.16.403.17 ≤ v < 3.18.473.19 ≤ v < 4.1.384.2 ≤ v < 4.4.414.5 ≤ v < 4.8.174.9 ≤ v < 4.9.2

Affected range stops below 3.10.107, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.12.70, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.16.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 3.18.47, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.1.38, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.4.41, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.8.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 4.9.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95169

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037538

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

CVSS

7HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Complexity: HIGH
Privileges: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-416

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