Home

CVE-2016-9806

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
7.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.028

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-generic_3.13.0.107.115_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-generic_3.13.0.107.115_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-lowlatency_3.13.0.107.115_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-lowlatency_3.13.0.107.115_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-3.13.0-107-generic_3.13.0-107.154_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-3.13.0-107-generic_3.13.0-107.154_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-3.13.0-107-lowlatency_3.13.0-107.154_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3168-1) linux-image-3.13.0-107-lowlatency_3.13.0-107.154_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3168-2) linux-image-3.13.0-107-generic_3.13.0-107.154~precise1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3168-2) linux-image-3.13.0-107-generic_3.13.0-107.154~precise1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3168-2) linux-image-generic-lts-trusty_3.13.0.107.98_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Trusty for Precise (USN-3168-2) linux-image-generic-lts-trusty_3.13.0.107.98_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234