CVE-2016-8645 (GCVE-0-2016-8645)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-11-28 03:01
Modified
2024-08-06 02:27
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 Release Notes
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
secalert@redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
secalert@redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.com https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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