Published: 28/12/2016 Updated: 17/01/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 642

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

Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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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 ...

Debian Bug report logs - #770492 linux-image-3160-4-686-pae: chown removes securitycapability xattr on other users' files (CVE-2015-1350) Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Affects: wireshark-common, iputils-ping, fping Reported by: Ben Harris <bjh21@cama ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

A flaw was discovered in processing setsockopt for 32 bit processes on 64 bit systems This flaw will allow attackers to alter arbitary kernel memory when unloading a kernel module This action is usually restricted to root-priveledged users but can also be leveraged if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_USER_NS and CONFIG_NET_NS (CVE-2016-4997 ...

CWE-362 CWE-415 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/15/69 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3168-1/

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