cve/2016/CVE-2016-7425.md

CVE-2016-7425

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3145-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3146-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3147-1

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon