DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7917

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7917
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7917.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7917
Upstream
Published
2016-11-16T05:59:11Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:18:34Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The nfnetlinkrcvbatch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN capability.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.5.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}