ghsa-3fhq-qffp-rp75
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:54
Modified
2022-05-14 03:54
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 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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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-9806"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-362"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-28T07:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-3fhq-qffp-rp75",
  "modified": "2022-05-14T03:54:59Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:54:59Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653"
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    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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