SB2016092036 - Fedora 25 update for kernel
Published: September 20, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092036
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7425)
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness is due to insufficient restriction of length field by arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c. By sending an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code, attackers can gain elevated privileges and trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.
Success fule exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.