CVE-2016-9806
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 28, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2016
Description
Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated.
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
- 94653vdb-entry
- 1037968vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20161203 CVE Request: -- Linux kernel: double free in netlink_dumpmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520
- [netdev] 20160515 BUG: use-after-free in netlink_dumpmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502
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