CVE-2016-7425 in Kernelinfo

Summary

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.

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Reservation

09/09/2016

Disclosure

10/16/2016

Status

Confirmed

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