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CVE-2016-4805

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.

Published

2016-05-23T10:59:13.443

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	11.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	opensuse_leap	42.1	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.2.80	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.10.102	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.12.59	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.14.67	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.16.35	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 3.18.37	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.1.28	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.4.8	Yes
Operating System	linux	linux_kernel	< 4.5.2	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_workstation_extension	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	12.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	oracle	linux	6	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension	11.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_server	12.0	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	12.0	Yes
Application	novell	suse_linux_enterprise_live_patching	12.0	Yes

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)