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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-12-29T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:03:34.473Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3695

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-12-29T15:29:00.580

Modified: 2018-01-10T16:44:01.997

Link: CVE-2016-3695

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-04-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3695 - Bugzilla