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
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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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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2017-12-29T15:29:00.580
Modified: 2018-01-10T16:44:01.997
Link: CVE-2016-3695
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE