ghsa-3x7h-7xqw-rj45
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 03:21
Modified
2025-04-12 13:06
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 net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-8655"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2016-12-08T08:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-3x7h-7xqw-rj45",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T13:06:58Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T03:21:10Z",
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}


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