CVE-2016-8655

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362 CWE-416

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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