CVE-2016-3841

Published: Aug 6, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html

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RHSA-2016:0855

vendor-advisory

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39

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RHSA-2016:2584

vendor-advisory

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RHSA-2016:2574

vendor-advisory

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3

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92227

vdb-entry

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39

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RHSA-2016:2695

vendor-advisory

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CVE-2016-3841

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