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LIN8-5452 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-9806

Created: Dec 28, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 10, 2017
Found In Version: 8.0.0.12
Fix Version: 8.0.0.14
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-9806

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