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SUSE: CVE-2016-7914: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7914: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • 94138
  • CVE-2016-7914
  • USN-3406-1
  • USN-3406-2
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