ZeroHour

CVE-2016-7916

CVSS 3.0
5.5 medium
EPSS
<1%p32
Published
()
Modified
Description

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.

Vendors
linux
Products
linux kernel
Weakness
CWE-362
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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