CVE-2016-9604
Publication date 31 December 2016
Last updated 9 October 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of its own devising to the keyring.
From the Ubuntu Security Team
It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not prevent special internal keyrings from being joined by userspace keyrings. A privileged local attacker could use this to bypass module verification.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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linux | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-79.100
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 3.13.0-132.181
|
|
linux-armadaxp | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1018.27
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
linux-aws-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-aws-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3 | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
|
|
linux-azure-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fde | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15 | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-azure-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-bluefield | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-euclid | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support, was needed | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-flo | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3 | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-4.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gcp-fips | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gke | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored end of kernel support | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1014.14
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gkeop | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-gkeop-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-goldfish | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-grouper | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4 | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-hwe-edge | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4 | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ibm-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iot-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iotg | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-iot | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-kvm | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-omap | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-shared | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-linaro-vexpress | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-quantal | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-raring | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-saucy | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-trusty | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-utopic | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-vivid | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of life, was needed | |
linux-lts-wily | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-lts-xenial | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1
|
|
linux-maguro | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-mako | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-manta | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-6.5 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-nvidia-lowlatency | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oem | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4 | |
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oem-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-oracle-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-qcm-msm | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi-5.4 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-raspi2 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored replaced by linux-raspi | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1057.64
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-realtime | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored superseded by Ubuntu Pro ppa version | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
22.04 LTS jammy | Ignored end of kernel support | |
20.04 LTS focal | Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8 | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv-5.15 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-riscv-6.8 | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-snapdragon | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
|
16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 4.4.0-1059.63
|
|
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-ti-omap4 | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
linux-xilinx-zynqmp | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
|
18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Notes
jdstrand
android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 4.4 · Medium |
Attack vector | Local |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | High |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
References
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