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 servi
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- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- n/a n/a
Version range not reported
References 19
lists.opensuse.org
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html