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CVE-2016-7916

Description

Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.053

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3149-2) linux-image-generic-lts-trusty_3.13.0.106.97_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3149-2) linux-image-generic-lts-trusty_3.13.0.106.97_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3150-1) linux-image-generic-pae_3.2.0.119.134_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image_3.2.0.119.134_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image_3.2.0.119.134_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-generic_3.2.0.119.134_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-virtual_3.2.0.119.134_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic_3.2.0-119.162_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic_3.2.0-119.162_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-3.2.0-119-virtual_3.2.0-119.162_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-3.2.0-119-virtual_3.2.0-119.162_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3159-1) linux-image-3.2.0-119-generic-pae_3.2.0-119.162_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-generic_3.13.0.106.114_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-lowlatency_3.13.0.106.114_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic_3.13.0-106.153_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic_3.13.0-106.153_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-3.13.0-106-lowlatency_3.13.0-106.153_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3160-1) linux-image-3.13.0-106-lowlatency_3.13.0-106.153_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3160-2) linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic_3.13.0-106.153~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3160-2) linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic_3.13.0-106.153~precise1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234