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CVE-2016-3156
medium
Description
The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318172
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84428
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/3
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html