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CVE-2016-4998
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-07-03T21:59:17.167 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:48:35.117

Summary

The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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