Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

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

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:20.801Z

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

Link: CVE-2016-7916

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-16T05:59:11.017

Modified: 2017-01-18T02:59:12.610

Link: CVE-2016-7916

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7916 - Bugzilla