CVE-2016-7425
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8 · Memory corruption
7.8CVSS HIGH
Summary
The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bc2b55a5c030685b399bb65b6baa9ccc3d1f167 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bc2b55a5c030685b399bb65b6baa9ccc3d1f167Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=147394713328707&w=2Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=147394796228991&w=2Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/2Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93037Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3144-1Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3144-2Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1Advisory