The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-11-16T04:49:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:20.798Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7914

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-16T05:59:08.970

Modified: 2018-01-05T02:31:15.917

Link: CVE-2016-7914

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7914 - Bugzilla