CVE-2016-9120
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2016 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.14 ≤ v < 3.16.403.17 ≤ v < 3.18.513.19 ≤ v < 4.1.414.2 ≤ v < 4.4.654.5 ≤ v < 4.6
Affected range stops below 3.16.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.18.51, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.41, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.65, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94669x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9590232bb4f4cc824f3425a6e1349afbe6d6d2b7CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-416
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