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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9793: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-782)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-9793: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2017-782)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/05/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • RHSA-2017:0931
  • RHSA-2017:0932
  • RHSA-2017:0933
  • ALAS-2017-782
  • 94655
  • 1037968
  • CVE-2016-9793
  • USN-3168-1
  • USN-3168-2
  • USN-3169-1
  • USN-3169-2
  • USN-3169-3
  • USN-3169-4
  • USN-3170-1
  • USN-3170-2
  • DLA-772-1
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