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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-8655 Detail

Description

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8655
NVD Published Date:
12/08/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.