Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9120
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
December 8, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory