CVE-2016-8655

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-12-08 08:59

Updated : 2018-05-25 01:29


NVD link : CVE-2016-8655

Mitre link : CVE-2016-8655


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')