CVE-2016-8650

NameCVE-2016-8650
DescriptionThe mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1fixed
stretch (security)4.9.320-2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.19.316-1fixed
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.12.5-1fixed
sid6.12.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.39-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.8.11-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/76
Proposed fix: https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/11/23/477
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/f5527fffff3f002b0a6b376163613b82f69de073
Introduced by https://git.kernel.org/linus/cdec9cb5167ab1113ba9c58e395f664d9d3f9acb (v3.3-rc1)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343162 (not yet opened)

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