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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

Updated: 2018-01-02T10:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2016-3695

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

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

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


Link: CVE-2016-3695

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE