UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7425

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7425

    Published: 16 Oct 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7425
    Aliases:
    USN-3144-1
    USN-3144-2
    USN-3145-1

    Summary:

    Details: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7425, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/17/2, http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=147394713328707&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3144-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3144-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3145-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3146-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3147-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3161-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3162-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7425

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-103.150

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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