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CVE-2016-9806

Description

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.


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
Debian 12 linux 4.6.3-1
Debian 11 linux 4.6.3-1
Debian 10 linux 4.6.3-1
Debian 999 linux 4.6.3-1

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