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CVE-2016-7912

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ffs_user_copy_worker function in drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to gain privileges by accessing an I/O data structure after a certain callback call.

  • Published: Nov 16, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-7912
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.2 4.4.9
linux / linux_kernel 4.5 4.5.3
linux / linux_kernel 3.15 3.16.40
linux / linux_kernel 3.17 4.1.24