CVE
- Id
- 94737
- CVE No.
- CVE-2016-7917
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- The nfnetlink_rcv_batch 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 CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
- Phase
- Assigned (20160909)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments