Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7914
CVE-2016-7914
Description
The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d4a2ec1e0b41b0cf9a0c5cd4511da7f8e4f3de2nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.3nvdRelease Notes
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlnvd
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