{"id":"CVE-2016-8655","details":"Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.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 CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:00:13.127758Z","published":"2016-12-08T08:59:00.177Z","related":["MGASA-2016-0415","MGASA-2017-0003","MGASA-2017-0004","SUSE-SU-2016:3039-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3049-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3063-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3093-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3094-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3096-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3098-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3100-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3104-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3109-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3111-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3112-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3113-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3116-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3117-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3119-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3169-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3183-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3197-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3205-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3206-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3247-1","SUSE-SU-2016:3249-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-Privilege-Escalation.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8655.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.2"},{"fixed":"3.2.85"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.10.106"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.12.69"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.13"},{"fixed":"3.16.40"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.46"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.38"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.8.14"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"12.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"14.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.04"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"16.10"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}