vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-3156: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Added
Jun 28, 2016
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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