CVE-2016-8666 | BDVDB-2026-78839 Detail
Description#
The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93562
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/11
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0004.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384991
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1001486
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.