CVE-2016-4998 | BDVDB-2026-76770 Detail

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The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.

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History#

1. Version 12016-07-03Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.