PT-2016-6780

CVE-2016-6162

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Published

2016-08-06

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Updated

2016-08-10

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CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 4.7-rc6
Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a system panic, or possibly have other unspecified impacts via certain IPv6 socket operations. This is due to a problem in the net/core/skbuff.c file.
Recommendations For Linux kernel version 4.7-rc6, consider upgrading to a newer version that addresses this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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