| Revision Date: | 2016-05-23 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2016-4794 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium. | | Description: | Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls. Sasha Levin discovered that a use-after-free existed in the percpu allocator in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2016-4794
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in precise is not affected.
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-armadaxp' package in precise is not affected.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-lts-trusty' package in precise is not affected.
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-ti-omap4' package in precise is not affected.
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