CVE-2016-7425

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p36

Published

Oct 16, 2016 (Oct 16, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code.

Vendors: linux canonical
Products: linux kernel, ubuntu linux
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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