Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-4951
high
Description
The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.
References
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3020-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3017-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-4
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3016-1
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/2016/05/21/2
http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html