CVE-2016-7916 | Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
- 🔗 source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- 🔗 bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi
- 🔗 www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.4
- 🔗 www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-1
- 🔗 forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php
- 🔗 www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-2
- 🔗 www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138
- 🔗 git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/…
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CVE-2016-7916 | Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in w