Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8645
CVE-2016-8645
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
11- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10nvdRelease Notes
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669nvd
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