CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-4997
The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE and IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementations in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that triggers an unintended decrement.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- linux:linux_kernel
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
- novell:suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension
- oracle:linux
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce683e5f9d045e5d67d1312a42b359cb2ab2a13c
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00060.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html