CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges

[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.8.2"
            }
        ]
    }
]

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7042.json"