CVE-2016-7425

The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code.

Published: Oct 16, 2016
Updated: Nov 9, 2025
CVE: CVE-2016-7425
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-119

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel	3.3	3.10.105
linux / linux_kernel	4.8	4.8.4
linux / linux_kernel	3.2	3.2.84
linux / linux_kernel	3.11	3.12.67
linux / linux_kernel	3.13	3.16.39
linux / linux_kernel	3.17	3.18.46
linux / linux_kernel	3.19	4.1.37
linux / linux_kernel	4.2	4.4.27
linux / linux_kernel	4.5	4.7.10
canonical / ubuntu_linux	16.10	16.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	14.04	14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	16.04	16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	12.04	12.04.x

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