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CVE-2016-9120

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: Dec 8, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-9120
  • 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 3.14 3.16.40
linux / linux_kernel 3.17 3.18.51
linux / linux_kernel 3.19 4.1.41
linux / linux_kernel 4.2 4.4.65
linux / linux_kernel 4.5 4.6