CVE-2016-9806

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-05-15
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Race condition in the netlink_dump function innet/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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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.25.el6uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.25.el7uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-1842	2017-08-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2017-1842-1	2017-08-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2017-3508	2017-01-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2017-0004	2017-01-12