Vulnerability CVE-2016-10764
Published: 2019-07-27   Modified: 2019-07-28

Description:
In the Linux kernel before 4.9.6, there is an off by one in the drivers/mtd/spi-nor/cadence-quadspi.c cqspi_setup_flash() function. There are CQSPI_MAX_CHIPSELECT elements in the ->f_pdata array so the ">" should be ">=" instead.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=193e87143c290ec16838f5368adc0e0bc94eb931
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/193e87143c290ec16838f5368adc0e0bc94eb931
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24444495
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K24444495?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
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