{"id":"CVE-2016-7916","details":"Race condition in the environ_read function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a process-setup time interval in which environment-variable copying is incomplete.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:26:48.489952Z","published":"2016-11-16T05:59:11.017Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94138"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3159-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116461"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4363"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d43b3"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8148a73c9901a8794a50f950083c00ccf97d43b3"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.5.3"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7916.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}