vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-7914: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2574)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Nov 3, 2016 | Dec 22, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 3, 2016
Added
Dec 22, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 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.
Solutions
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