CVE - CVE-2016-9755

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-9755	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:94626 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa CONFIRM:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEo MLIST:[netdev] 20161130 [PATCH 10/11] netfilter: ipv6: nf_defrag: drop mangled skb on ream error URL:https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg407525.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20161201 CVE Request: Linux: net: out-of-bounds due do a signedness issue when defragging ipv6 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20161201	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 (20161201)
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