Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3607-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5788 Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3021-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3021-2 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.273Z

Reserved: 2016-05-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4805

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:13.443

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-4805

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-03-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4805 - Bugzilla

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