CVE-2016-6162

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel 4.7-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IPv6 socket operations.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/8Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353538Issue Tracking
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/8Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353538Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Aug 6, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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