CVE-2016-7039

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-10-10
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackersto cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.14.el6uek)	ELSA-2016-3626	2016-10-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3626	2016-10-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.14.el7uek)	ELSA-2016-3626	2016-10-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2016-2047	2016-10-10
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2016-3626	2016-10-13
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2016-0140	2016-10-13