---
cve: "CVE-2016-7117"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "24.3%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-10-10 10:00:00"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-14T08:44:28+02:00"
---

# CVE-2016-7117

> 3.1 LOW · 🧪 PoC

## Beschreibung

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

## Referenzen

- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0216.html>
- <https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7117>
- <http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2962.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html>
- <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003077>
- <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382268>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0031.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0065.html>
- <https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7117.html>
- <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2>
- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93304>
- <https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0270.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html>
- <http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0215.html>
- <http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0196.html>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2016-7117) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_