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CVE-2016-7039
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-16T21:59:09.130 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:11.970

Summary

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

Affected products

oracle — linux

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