CVE-2016-8655

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8655
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8655.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-8655
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Published
2016-12-08T08:59:00Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:27Z
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
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Details

Race condition in net/packet/afpacket.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 CAPNETRAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packetsetring and packetsetsockopt functions.

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Affected packages