CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-8655
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- 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-362, CWE-416
Description
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.2 < 3.2.85)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.106)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.69)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.40)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.46)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.38)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.8.14)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.10
Related
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry