VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10153

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…

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-399
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416101Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416101Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.