CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-4951
The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 43% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- linux:linux_kernel
- oracle:linux
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45e093ae2830cd1264677d47ff9a95a71f5d9f9c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/14/28
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/21/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html