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.
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.
- 🔗 www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3
- 🔗 lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg000…
- 🔗 github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79ee…
- 🔗 lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg000…
- 🔗 lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg000…
- 🔗 www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2
- 🔗 www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2
- 🔗 www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692
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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.
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