CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8632

7.8 HIGH Published 2016-11-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-11-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-264

Description

The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.16 < 3.2.85) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.16.40) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 4.1.37) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.65) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.8.14)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References