SB2016041329 - Fedora 24 update for kernel
Published: April 13, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016041329
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3672)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists in the arch_pick_mmap_layout function in arch/x86/mm/mmap.c due to improper randomizing of the legacy base address. A local attacker can disable stack-consumption resource limits, defeat the intended restrictions on the ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE flag and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism for a setuid or setgid program.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.