CVE-2016-4558
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-05-23 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
Summary
The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106eVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334303Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106eVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106eVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334303Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106eVendor Advisory
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