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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 8, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9919

CVE-2016-9919

Description

The icmp6_send function in net/ipv6/icmp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 omits a certain check of the dst data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a fragmented IPv6 packet.

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