vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6828): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 13, 2016 | Jul 1, 2017 | Apr 14, 2025 |
Description
Marco Grassi discovered a use-after-free condition could occur in the TCP
retransmit queue handling code in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-6828)
Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the
Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or
disrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136)
Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Adaptec AAC RAID controller
driver in the Linux kernel when handling ioctl()s. A local attacker could
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6480)
Solution(s)
References
- CVE-2016-6828
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-6828
- DEBIAN-DLA-609-1
- DEBIAN-DSA-3659
- NVD-CVE-2016-6828
- UBUNTU-USN-3084-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3084-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3084-3
- UBUNTU-USN-3084-4
- UBUNTU-USN-3097-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3097-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3098-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3098-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3099-1
- UBUNTU-USN-3099-2
- UBUNTU-USN-3099-3
- UBUNTU-USN-3099-4

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