CVE-2016-3695

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102327Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322755Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/d7a6be58edc01b1c66ecd8fcc91236bfbce0a420Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 29, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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