CVE-2016-8645

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c.

• CWE-284

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10Release Notes
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.10Release Notes
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/11/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/30/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94264Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037285
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac6e780070e30e4c35bd395acfe9191e6268bdd3Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 28, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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