High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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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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