PT-2017-8410 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Adam Mariš + 1 · Published 2017-12-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-3695

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to simulate hardware errors, leading to a denial of service. This is due to the failure to disable APEI error injection through the einj error inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c when securelevel is set.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3695

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3264-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3288-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3293-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_3609-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2022_4617-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12697-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3264-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3288-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3293-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3450-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1

SUSE-SU-2022:3809-1

SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 708

• https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3293-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12697-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3450-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3609-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:3264-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3695 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3695 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2022:4617-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3695 · Vendor Advisory