CVE-2016-8650

CVE Details

Release Date:	2018-07-30
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3651	2016-12-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.22.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3648	2016-12-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2018-1854	2018-06-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3648	2016-12-07
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3651	2016-12-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3651	2016-12-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.22.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3648	2016-12-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-0933	2017-04-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-0933-1	2017-04-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3648	2016-12-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3651	2016-12-09
Oracle VM version 3.3 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0175	2016-12-09
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0174	2016-12-07