CVE-2016-3699
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-10-07 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:03
Severity
Summary
The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd.
References
SourceURLTags
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/4Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93114Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76Exploit
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