CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7425

7.8 HIGH Published 2016-10-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The 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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.2 < 3.2.84) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.105) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.67) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.39) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.46) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.37) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.27) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.7.10) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.8 < 4.8.4) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References