CVE-2016-3695

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3695
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-29 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-10 16:44:00 UTC
DescriptionThe einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
acpi: Disable APEI error injection if securelevel is set · mjg59/linux@d7a6be5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1322755 – (CVE-2016-3695) CVE-2016-3695 kernel: Error injection via EINJ is allowed when securelevel is enabled CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 752589 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3264-1)
  • 752594 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3293-1)
  • 752632 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3450-1)
  • 753063 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1)
  • 753167 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3288-1)
  • 753370 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1)
  • 753374 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1)
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