CVE-2016-10154

The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local…

published February 6, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a scatterlist.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00452 · 38.0th percentile
Published
2017-02-06T06:04Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 FEB 06:04Z
    The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local…
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