CVE-2016-3695 (GCVE-0-2016-3695)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-29 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:03
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Summary
The einj_error_inject function in drivers/acpi/apei/einj.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to simulate hardware errors and consequently cause a denial of service by leveraging failure to disable APEI error injection through EINJ when securelevel is set.
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CWE
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Date Public
2016-03-16 00:00
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