CVE - CVE-2016-8645

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-8645	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
References
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MISC:1037285 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285 MISC:94264 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264 MISC:RHSA-2017:1842 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 MISC:RHSA-2017:2077 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 MISC:RHSA-2017:2669 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 MISC:[oss-security] 20161111 CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3 MISC:[oss-security] 20161130 Re: CVE-2016-8645: linux kernel: net: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 URL:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3 URL:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20161012	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20161012)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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