CVE-2016-4805
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4805
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4805.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4805
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-23T10:59:13.443Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-15T22:08:10.116721Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/pppgeneric.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 pppregisternetchannel and pppunregisterchannel functions.
- References
-
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected4fe89d07dcc2804c8b562f6c7896a45643d34b2fIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected4fe89d07dcc2804c8b562f6c7896a45643d34b2fFixed1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "6.0" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "6" } ] }
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
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source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4805.json"