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CVE-2016-4794

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.

Exploit probability 0.5%
Published May 23, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change April 16, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

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04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-4794

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

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