CVE-2016-8637

A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.

• CWE-732
• CWE-200

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/352Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94128Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8637Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/352Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94128Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8637Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 1, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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