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CVE-2016-7914

Date: November 15, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8d4a2ec1e0b41b0cf9a0c5cd4511da7f8e4f3de2
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7914
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7914
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7914
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d4a2ec1e0b41b0cf9a0c5cd4511da7f8e4f3de2
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7914

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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