CVE-2016-4805

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.5.2 - Use-After-Free in PPP Network Namespace Handling

Title source: llm

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

References (19)

Core 19

Core References

Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2

Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1

Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605

Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 31.4%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-416

Status published

Products (16)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

linux/linux_kernel 2.6.30 - 3.2.80

novell/opensuse_leap 42.1

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 (2 CPE variants)

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching 12.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud 12.0

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11.0 sp4

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 12.0 sp1

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server 11.0 sp4

novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 (2 CPE variants)

... and 6 more

Published May 23, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026