{"id":"CVE-2016-7911","details":"Race condition in the get_task_ioprio function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.6 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system call.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:22:58.983047Z","published":"2016-11-16T05:59:06.123Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8ba8682107ee2ca3347354e018865d8e1967c5f4"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7911.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.85"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.10.107"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.12.70"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.13"},{"fixed":"3.16.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.38"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.29"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.17"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.6.6"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}