DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7917

The nfnetlinkrcvbatch 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...

CVE-2016-7917

CVE-2016-7917 affects the Linux kernel’s netfilter: the nfnetlink_rcv_batch() function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c does not validate the batch length against the message, enabling a local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN to read kernel memory or trigger a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds...

kernel: nfnetlink race in NETLINK_NFLOG socket creation

A race-condition flaw was discovered in the kernel's netlink module creation, which can trigger a kernel panic in netlinkrelease-moduleput for local users creating netlink sockets. The flaw is specific to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and does not affect upstream kernels. The nfnetlinklog module must ...

PT-2017-7224 · Red Hat +1 · Red Hat Enterprise Mrg 2 +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 Description: A race condition exists in the kernel when the nfnetlink log module is loaded, allowing local users to cause a denial of service by creating netlink sockets...

CVE-2014-2568

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnlzcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlinkqueuecore.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2007:171)

Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The Linux kernel did not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service process crash CVE-2006-5755. The...