CVE-2016-9806 (GCVE-0-2016-9806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-28 07:42 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
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Summary
Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a new dump that started earlier than anticipated.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2016-05-15 00:00
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