Fedora 25 update for kernel

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU1009

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7425

CWE-ID: CWE-805 - Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 25

kernel: before 4.8.0-0.rc7.git0.1.fc25

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-f3d1f79398

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.