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CVE-2016-3695
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-29T15:29:00.580 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:46:12.340

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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