Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-7917
CVE-2016-7917
Description
The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
4- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c58d6c93680f28ac58984af61d0a7ebf4319c241nvdIssue TrackingPatch
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94147nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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