CVE-2016-7425

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.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7425

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7bc2b55a5c030685b399bb65b6baa9ccc3d1f167

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1377330

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3147-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3144-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3144-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93037

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=147394796228991&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=147394713328707&w=2

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bc2b55a5c030685b399bb65b6baa9ccc3d1f167

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3