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CVE-2016-8655
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-12-08T08:59:00.177 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:45.273

Summary

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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