{"id":"CVE-2016-7912","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:11:20.705590Z","published":"2016-11-16T05:59:07.140Z","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-4.5.3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94197"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/38740a5b87d53ceb89eb2c970150f6e94e00373a"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7912.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.15"},{"fixed":"3.16.40"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"4.1.24"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.9"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.5.3"}]}]}}],"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"}]}