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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4805

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4805 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 23, 2016 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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