CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9806
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-28
- 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-362, CWE-415
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.12 < 3.12.62)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.14.73)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.15 < 3.16.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.37)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.28)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.14)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.6.3)
Related
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/15/69 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/15/69 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html Third Party Advisory