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CVE-2016-7916

Published: Nov 16, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116461

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.4

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vendor-advisory

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https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4363

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vendor-advisory

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vdb-entry

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d43b3

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d43b3

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