CVE-2016-7117
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7117
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7117.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7117
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-10-10T11:00:13Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Use-after-free vulnerability in the _sysrecvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2962.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0036.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0065.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0086.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0091.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0113.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0215.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0216.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0217.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0270.html
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93304
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1003077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382268
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b88a68f26a75e4fded796f1a49c40f82234b7d
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-7117.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7117