DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3695

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3695 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

5.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Dec 29, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3695 advisory

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