An out-of-bounds heap memory access, leading to a Denial of Service or possibly heap disclosure or further impact was found in setsockopt(). The particular setsockopt() call is normally restricted to root, however some processes with cap_sys_admin may also be able to trigger this flaw. Upstream fixes http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ce683e5f9d04 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e94e0cfb088 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bdf533de6968 Discussion on oss-sec: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/5