{"id":"CVE-2016-8646","details":"The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:11:32.489906Z","published":"2016-11-28T03:59:08.907Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0437-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1102-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94309"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1297"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1298"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1308"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1388821"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4afa5f9617927453ac04b24b584f6c718dfb4f45"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.3.5"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8646.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}