---
cve: "CVE-2016-7910"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "3%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-11-16 05:59:05"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-20T22:25:34+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-7910

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

Use-after-free vulnerability in the disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.1 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation even if the corresponding start operation had failed.

## Referenzen

- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308>
- <http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892>
- <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.7.1>
- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77da160530dd1dc94f6ae15a981f24e5f0021e84>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94135>
- <https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-7910) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_