The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-11-28T03:01:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.272Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8650

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-11-28T03:59:09.843

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:45.890

Link: CVE-2016-8650

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8650 - Bugzilla