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SUSE: CVE-2016-7917: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-7917: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
11/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-cluster-network-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1
  • 94147
  • CVE-2016-7917
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2

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