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CVE-2016-8655

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

Description

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.

CWE-362Race Condition CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:4.8.15-1CVE-2016-8655

Fixed in:4.8.15-1CVE-2016-8655

Fixed in:4.8.15-1CVE-2016-8655

Fixed in:4.8.15-1CVE-2016-8655

linuxUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-powerpc-e500Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-3.13.0-105-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:3.13.0-105.152USN-3149-1

linux-image-4.4.0-1034-raspi2Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-1034.41USN-3151-4

linux-image-4.4.0-1039-snapdragonUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-1039.43USN-3151-3

linux-image-4.4.0-53-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-generic-lpaeUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-lowlatencyUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc-e500mcUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc64-embUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-image-4.4.0-53-powerpc64-smpUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74USN-3151-1

linux-lts-xenialUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1USN-3151-2

linux-raspi2Ubuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-1034.41USN-3151-4

linux-snapdragonUbuntu

Fixed in:4.4.0-1039.43USN-3151-3

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

11.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-362 (Race Condition) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-6387	High	8.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-36884	High	7.5	99%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2018-15473	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-27983	High	8.2	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0226	Medium	6.8	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5195	High	7.0	84%	KEV	Fix

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