CVE-2016-9806 Information

Description

Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/15/69 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8