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CVE-2016-8650
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-28T03:59:09.843 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:44.690

Summary

The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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