vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-7914: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Nov 16, 2016 | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 16, 2016
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-linux
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