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CVE-2016-7914
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 1.8/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- High
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- Required
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d4a2ec1e0b41b0cf9a0c5cd4511da7f8e4f3de2
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d4a2ec1e0b41b
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html