vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7916): Linux kernel vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Nov 16, 2016 | Dec 21, 2016 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 16, 2016
Added
Dec 21, 2016
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that a race condition existed in the procfs
environ_read function in the Linux kernel, leading to an integer
underflow. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory).
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-106-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-generic-paeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-highbankubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-omapubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-119-virtualubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1497-omap4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trustyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-paeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-highbankubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-omapubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-omap4ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
References
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