UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7042

The prockeysshow function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU Compiler Collection gcc stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service stack memory corruption and panic by...

Linux kernel local denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2016-09457)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A denial of service vulnerability exists in the 'prockeysshow' function in the security/keys/proc.c file in Linux kernel versions 4.8.2 and earlier, which stems from a program...

CVE-2016-7042

It was found that when the gcc stack protector was enabled, reading the /proc/keys file could cause a panic in the Linux kernel due to stack corruption. This happened because an incorrect buffer size was used to hold a 64-bit timeout value rendered as weeks...