High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8666
CVE-2016-8666
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.
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Affected products
44- osv-coords43 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-ec2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Public%20Cloud%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-xen&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_0&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_1&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_5&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_6&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_8&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP1_Update_9&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012
< 3.12.67-60.64.18.1+ 42 more
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- (no CPE)range: < 7-20.2
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- (no CPE)range: < 3-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-6.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0004.htmlnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/11nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93562nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372nvd
- bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fac8e0f579695a3ecbc4d3cac369139d7f819971nvd
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