CVE-2016-9755
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.8.15-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/01/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94626
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400904
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9b57da0630c9fd36ed7a20fc0f98dc82cc0777fa
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/GFbGpX7nTEo
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg407525.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9755.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9755
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.