cve/2016/CVE-2016-7910.md

### [CVE-2016-7910](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7910)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/andrewwebber/kate