Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7910
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.
Published Date
November 16, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory