NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.3.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005699
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Nov 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-8646  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.3.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1