CVE-2016-9919

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94824Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/08/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94824Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/79dc7e3f1cd323be4c81aa1a94faa1b3ed987fb2Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

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

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