PT-2016-6211 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Qian Zhang

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Published

2016-06-24

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Updated

2024-06-15

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CVE-2016-4997

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3
Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service due to memory corruption. This can be achieved by providing a crafted offset value, leveraging in-container root access.
Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.3, update to version 4.6.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1641
ALT-PU-2016-1642
CESA-2016_1847
CVE-2016-4997
DSA-3607-1
MGASA-2016-0271
MGASA-2016-0283
MGASA-2016-0284
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1798-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2144-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2184-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2017_1140-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1
RHSA-2016:1847
RHSA-2016:1875
RHSA-2016:1883
RHSA-2016_1847
RHSA-2016_1875
SUSE-SU-2016:1709-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1710-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1
SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2018-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2177-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2178-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2180-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2181-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2632-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2633-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2636-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2655-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2658-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2659-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1
SUSE-SU-2016:3069-1
SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1
SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1
SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1
USN-3016-1
USN-3016-2
USN-3016-3
USN-3016-4
USN-3017-1
USN-3017-2
USN-3017-3
USN-3018-1
USN-3018-2
USN-3019-1
USN-3020-1
USN-3338-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu