CVE-2016-7425

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7425
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-10-16 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-17 21:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3144-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3147-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch
USN-3145-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: linux kernel SCSI arcmsr driver: buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List
'Re: [patch v2] arcmsr: buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer()' - MARC MLIST marc.info Third Party Advisory
USN-3145-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-3146-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel SCSI arcmsr Driver CVE-2016-7425 Local Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() · torvalds/linux@7bc2b55 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE-2016-7425 CONFIRM security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3144-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
'[patch v2] arcmsr: buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer()' - MARC MLIST marc.info Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1377330 – CVE-2016-7425 kernel: SCSI arcmsr driver: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() 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

  • 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
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