Memory Corruption Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's mpi_powm Function
CVE-2016-8650 · MEDIUM Severity
AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent.
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