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CVE-2016-7117
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-10T11:00:13.670 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:37.217

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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