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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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8655 cve-icon
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html cve-icon cve-icon
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-12-08T08:08:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.252Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8655

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-08T08:59:00.177

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:46.540

Link: CVE-2016-8655

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-12-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8655 - Bugzilla