Denial of Service Vulnerability in Linux Kernel's einj_error_inject Function

CVE-2016-3695 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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