Name | CVE-2016-7914 |
Description | The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.115-1 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 6.1.119-1 | fixed | |
trixie | 6.12.6-1 | fixed | |
sid | 6.12.8-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
linux | source | jessie | 3.16.36-1 | |||
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.5.3-1 |
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/8d4a2ec1e0b41b0cf9a0c5cd4511da7f8e4f3de2 (v4.6-rc4)