Published: 28/11/2016 Updated: 12/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 437

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVS ...

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel An unprivileged local user could trigger oops in shash_async_export() by attempting to force the in-kernel hashing algorithms into decrypting an empty data set ...

CWE-476 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388821 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.6 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94309 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297 https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-8646

CVE-2016-8646

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