cve-2016-8650
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-28 03:01
Modified
2024-08-06 02:27
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.04% (0.13495)
Summary
The 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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5527fffff3f002b0a6b376163613b82f69de073Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/76Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94532
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395187Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5527fffff3f002b0a6b376163613b82f69de073Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f5527fffff3f002b0a6b376163613b82f69de073Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/76Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/24/8Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94532
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395187Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f5527fffff3f002b0a6b376163613b82f69de073Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
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