The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2016-07-03T21:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.217Z
Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4998
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2016-07-03T21:59:17.167
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:53:23.967
Link: CVE-2016-4998
Redhat