CVE-2016-10153
N/A
Published: February 6, 2017 at 06:04 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The crypto scatterlist API in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 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 reliance on earlier net/ceph/crypto.c code.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416101
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98
References (6)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95713x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416101x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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