CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3695
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
The 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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory