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cve: "CVE-2015-8962"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "1.8%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-11-16 05:59:01"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-17T02:09:39+02:00"
---

# CVE-2015-8962

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

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.

## Referenzen

- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432>
- <https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html>
- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3951a3709ff50990bf3e188c27d346792103432>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94187>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2015-8962) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_