CVE-2016-4558
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 6, 2016
Description
The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3006-1vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334303
- USN-3005-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e
- USN-3007-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5
- [oss-security] 20160506 CVE Requests: Linux: BPF flaws (one use-after-free / local root privilege escalation)mailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e
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