CVE-2016-1886 (GCVE-0-2016-1886)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-25 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer signedness error in the genkbd_commonioctl function in sys/dev/kbd/kbd.c in FreeBSD 9.3 before p42, 10.1 before p34, 10.2 before p17, and 10.3 before p3 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and kernel crash), or gain privileges via a negative value in the flen structure member in the arg argument in a SETFKEY ioctl call, which triggers a "two way heap and stack overflow."
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035905 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90734 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeB… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD |
| https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-16:18/atk… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://cturt.github.io/SETFKEY.html | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2016-05-17 00:00
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