Security Advisory

CVE-2016-7916

5.5
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.
Published Date November 16, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory