16 Nov 2016
CVE-2016-7916 Vulnerability
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. (CVSS:7.1) (Last Update:2016-11-16)
Vulnerability Details : 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. Publish Date : 2016-11-16 Last Update Date : 2016-11-16 - CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types
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