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CVE-2016-7916

Published: 11/16/2016 Last updated: 8/6/2024 Reserved: 9/9/2016

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.

CNA assigner: google_android (baff130e-b8d5-4e15-b3d3-c3cf5d5545c6) Requested by: n/a

Opam packages affected (29)

albatross cdrom conf-bpftool conf-libbpf conf-linux-libc-dev core core_unix hvsock mirage-block-unix mm ocaml-probes ortools_solvers orun rawlink rawlink-eio rawlink-lwt restricted shell solo5 solo5-bindings-hvt solo5-bindings-spt solo5-cross-aarch64 solo5-kernel-ukvm tracy-client tuntap uring vhd-format vhd-format-lwt xapi-stdext-unix

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
n/a n/a < dd860b39aa7c7b82e6c99b6fdb99d4610ce49d67

References (36)