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LIN1018-960 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-3695

Created: May 14, 2018    Updated: Sep 3, 2019
Resolved Date: Sep 3, 2019
Found In Version: unknown
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

Description

The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3695
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