CVE-2016-8646
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 12, 2016
Description
The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388821
- RHSA-2017:1308vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45
- 94309vdb-entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45
- RHSA-2017:1298vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20161115 CVE-2016-8646: linux kernel - oops in shash_async_export()mailing-list
- RHSA-2017:1297vendor-advisory
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