What is CVE-2016-10088?

CVE-2016-10088 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-10088?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10088 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-10088

The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2016-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037538 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95169 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/30/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/128394eff343fc6d2f32172f03e24829539c5835 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10088?: CVE-2016-10088 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2016-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-10088?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10088 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.