vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2016-8646: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 27, 2016
Added
Dec 9, 2016
Modified
Feb 8, 2021

Description

The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.

Solutions

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