GHSA-2jwc-wqjh-543h

GHSA-2jwc-wqjh-543h PUBLISHED CVSS 7.300000190734863 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.300000190734863

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

Timeline

May 14, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html url
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html url
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html url
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3841 advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39 url
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39 url
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 url
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html url
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2695.html url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92227 url

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