CVE-2016-3156

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3156
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3156.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-3156
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-04-27T17:59:26.430Z
Modified
2026-03-15T14:50:38.832939Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2
Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2

Database specific

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source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-3156.json"