Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8962
7.3
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
November 16, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory