CVE-2016-10764: Linux Kernel

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel before 4.9.6, there is an off by one in the drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c cqspi_setup_flash() function. There are CQSPI_MAX_CHIPSELECT elements in the ->f_pdata array so the ">" should be ">=" instead.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.8, before 4.9.6 (fixed in 4.9.6)

Published 2019-07-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.