CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9919
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The icmp6_send function in net/ipv6/icmp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 omits a certain check of the dst data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a fragmented IPv6 packet.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.8.10 < 4.9)
• linux linux kernel 4.4.223
• linux linux kernel 4.9
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/15 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94824 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/15 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94824 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory