CVE

Id
96613  
CVE No.
CVE-2016-9793  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option.  
Phase
Assigned (20161202)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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Id CVE Id CVE No. Reference Actions
801160 96613 CVE-2016-9793 MLIST:[oss-security] 20161202 Re: CVE Request: Linux: signed overflows for SO_{SND  View
801161 96613 CVE-2016-9793 RCV}BUFFORCE  View
801162 96613 CVE-2016-9793 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/1  View
801163 96613 CVE-2016-9793 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b98b0bc8c431e3ceb4b26b0dfc8db509518fb290  View
801164 96613 CVE-2016-9793 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14  View
801165 96613 CVE-2016-9793 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402013  View
801166 96613 CVE-2016-9793 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b98b0bc8c431e3ceb4b26b0dfc8db509518fb290  View
801167 96613 CVE-2016-9793 CONFIRM:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html  View
801168 96613 CVE-2016-9793 BID:94655  View

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