CVE-2016-4951
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 21, 2016
Description
The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20160521 Re: CVE request: -- Linux kernel: Null pointer dereference in tipc_nl_publ_dumpmailing-list
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- USN-3017-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3017-3vendor-advisory
- USN-3017-2vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641vendor-advisory
- USN-3016-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3016-1vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- USN-3016-3vendor-advisory
- USN-3016-4vendor-advisory
- [netdev] 20160514 BUG: net/tipc: NULL-ptr dereference in tipc_nl_publ_dumpmailing-list
- USN-3020-1vendor-advisory
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