Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-10154
Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39740
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10154
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a scatterlist.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10154
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=06deeec77a5a689cc94b21a8a91a76e42176685d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95714
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416104
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/06deeec77a5a689cc94b21a8a91a76e42176685d