kernel: af_packet: TPACKET_V3: invalid timer timeout on error

A flaw was found in the way the afpacket functionality in the Linux kernel handled the retirement timer setting for TPACKETv3 when getting settings from the underlying network device errors out. This flaw allows a local user who can open the afpacket domain socket and who can hit the error path, ...

kernel: Race condition in packet_set_ring leads to use after free

A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKETV3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket requires the CAPNETRAW...