VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4805
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a…
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- novell/suse linux enterprise desktop · novell/suse linux enterprise workstation extension · novell/suse linux enterprise module for public cloud · novell/suse linux enterprise server · novell/opensuse leap · novell/suse linux enterprise software development kit · redhat/enterprise linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · linux/linux kernel · oracle/linux · novell/suse linux enterprise real time extension · novell/suse linux enterprise live patching
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.