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CVE-2016-9793
high
Description
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option.
References
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-9793
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402013
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968