CVE-2016-7912

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

2%p81

Published

Nov 16, 2016 (Nov 16, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-416
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.1%)

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