CVE-2016-7425

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-09-15

Description

The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function indrivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code.

See more information about CVE-2016-7425 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.4	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3535	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3535	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3533	2017-03-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3534	2017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.2 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0058	2017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0057	2017-03-31
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0056	2017-03-31

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