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CVE-2016-3695
N/ADescription
The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published12/29/2017
Last Modified4/20/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
linux:linux_kernelredhat:enterprise_linux
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-74
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327(secalert@redhat.com)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755(secalert@redhat.com)
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420(secalert@redhat.com)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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