Description
The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a scatterlist.
Published: 2017-02-06
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1342 The smbhash function in fs/cifs/smbencrypt.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.1 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a scatterlist.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.105Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10154

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.310

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-10154

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10154 - Bugzilla

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