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