The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-10-16T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:46.861Z

Reserved: 2016-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7039

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-10-16T21:59:09.130

Modified: 2023-01-17T21:36:18.863

Link: CVE-2016-7039

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7039 - Bugzilla