High severity · published May 23, 2016
CVE-2016-4805
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash,…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.30 before 3.2.80; 3.3 before 3.10.102; 3.11 before 3.12.59; 3.13 before 3.14.67; 3.15 before 3.16.35; 3.17 before 3.18.37; +3 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
6 · source: NVD
OL
Opensuse Leap · Novell
42.1 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching · Novell
12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension · Novell
11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Novell
11.0; 12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Novell
11.0; 12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension · Novell
12.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4805
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4805
Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
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