CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-4805

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability in ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before version 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing a network namespace, potentially leading to memory corruption and system crashes.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience downtime and potential security issues if local users can exploit this vulnerability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 4.5.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS