CVE-2016-7117

critical

Description

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.

References

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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7117

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7117.html

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382268

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003077

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93304

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0270.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0216.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0215.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0196.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0065.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0031.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2962.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-10-10

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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