The crypto scatterlist API in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly…
Priority LOW 34CWE-399Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The crypto scatterlist API in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging reliance on earlier net/ceph/crypto.c code.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0043 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 6
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.3 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.4 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9.5 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.2 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.3 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.4 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.5 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10153
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvw3-fp5c-qw2h
References
Patch 4
- [oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45f795c65b479b4ba107b6ccde29b896d51ee98
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416101
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- TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2016-10153 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-10153 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvw3-fp5c-qw2h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-10153 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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