CVE-2016-4951

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7

Description The issue is related to the tipc nl publ dump function in the Linux kernel, which does not verify socket existence. This allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via a dumpit operation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7, update to version 4.7 or later to resolve the issue.