CVE-2016-10764 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2016-10764?

CVE-2016-10764 is a critical vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10764?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10764?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-10764 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10764, GHSA-v5v4-w2j4-rp8p, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10764.