CVE-2015-8962

Double free vulnerability in the sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call.

• CWE-415

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

Nov 16, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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