CVE-2016-4805

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4805
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-23 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-17 21:18:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.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 ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Novell Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 - All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 - All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 12.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12.0 - All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 - All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11.0 sp4 All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 - All All
Operating System Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11.0 sp4 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 - All All
Application Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch
ppp: take reference on channels netns · torvalds/linux@1f461dc · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
Linux kernel 'ppp_generic.c' Use After Free Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1937-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Release Notes
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1641-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1985-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Google Android Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code and Let Applications Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-3021-2: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Requests: Linux: use-after-free issue for ppp channel MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Mailing List
USN-3021-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1672-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Release Notes
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3607-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
1335803 – (CVE-2016-4805) CVE-2016-4805 kernel: Use after free vulnerability in ppp_unregister_channel CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Release Notes
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:2184-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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