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CVE-2016-7914

The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application that uses associative-array data structures, as demonstrated by the keyutils test suite.

  • Published: Nov 16, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-7914
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.1
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N