Unity Linux 20.1050a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-053298)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-053298 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udp: Fix memory accounting leak. Matt Dowling reported a weird UDP memory usage issue. Under norm...

SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:3338-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

kernel-rt is vulnerable to denial of service DoS attacks. The vulnerability exists as the XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3307-1)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52101 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed : - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

SUSE-SU-2017:3302-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 21 for SLE 12)

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-5272 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF...

Ubuntu 17.04 Linux Kernel XFRM Privilege Escalation Exploit

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

Design/Logic Flaw

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939

CVE-2017-16939 affects the Linux kernel XFRM Netlink path. The use-after-free occurs in the XFRM dump policy code (net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c) when a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt is used with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY, allowing a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN to trigger a denial of service or potentially ...

Linux Kernel XFRM Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes. It...

CVE-2017-16939

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

CVE-2017-16939: Use After Free

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrmuser.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted SORCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRMMSGGETPOLICY Netlink messages...

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu 17.04) - XFRM Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel Ubuntu 17.04 - XFRM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer...

Linux Kernel (Ubuntu 17.04) - 'XFRM' Local Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux kernel that can lead to privilege escalation. The vulnerability found in Netlink socket subsystem – XFRM. Netlink is used to transfer information between the kernel and user-space processes. It...

CVE-2012-6704

The socksetsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sksndbuf and skrcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...

Memory corruption

The socksetsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sksndbuf and skrcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service memory corruption and system crash or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAPNETADMIN...