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CVE-2016-8650

5.5
Medium

CVE-2016-8650

secalert@redhat.com
Modified

Description

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.

Exploits

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References

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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/76
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94532
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395187