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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-8632

CVE-2016-8632

Description

The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

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