The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls, related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10556 The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls, related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3359-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3361-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.563Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9755

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-28T07:59:00.430

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

Link: CVE-2016-9755

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9755 - Bugzilla

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