CVE-2016-4565

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 42
Modified
Published: 23 May 2016, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.25% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 May 2016, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 incorrectly relies on the write system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.25%• Percentile: 49%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.10 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.2.81 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.10.103 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.61 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.14.76 | ≥ 3.15, < 3.16.36 | ≥ 3.17, < 3.18.34 | ≥ 3.19, < 4.1.25 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.9 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.5.3

References (53)