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CVE-2016-8645
Published: Nov 28, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20161130 Re: CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
mailing-list
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RHSA-2017:2669
vendor-advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904
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94264
vdb-entry
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1037285
vdb-entry
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RHSA-2017:2077
vendor-advisory
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RHSA-2017:1842
vendor-advisory
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10
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[oss-security] 20161111 CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
mailing-list
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