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CVE-2016-10088

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10088 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the sg implementation (block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c) through version 4.9. It allows local users with /dev/sg device access to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) due to improper write restriction when KERNEL_DS is set. Rated 7.0 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), this vulnerability requires local access and has high attack complexity, but can lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.10.107CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.11, < 3.12.70CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.13, < 3.16.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.17, < 3.18.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.19, < 4.1.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-696.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-693.rt56.617.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.2.1.rt56.585.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10088Moderate

kernel: Use after free in SCSI generic device interface (CVE-2016-9576 regression)

Jan 11, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1842
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2077
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2669
Third Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95169
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037538
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry