Vulnerabilities > Linux > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2016-06-27 CVE-2016-0758 Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted ASN.1 data.
local
low complexity
redhat linux canonical
7.8
2016-06-27 CVE-2014-9904 The snd_compress_check_input function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call.
local
low complexity
linux debian novell
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4951 The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.
local
low complexity
linux canonical oracle
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4913 Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products
The get_rock_ridge_filename function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles NM (aka alternate name) entries containing \0 characters, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted isofs filesystem.
local
low complexity
canonical linux oracle novell CWE-200
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4805 Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Use-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.
local
low complexity
novell redhat canonical linux oracle CWE-416
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4794 Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.
local
low complexity
linux canonical
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4568 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Linux Kernel
drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted number of planes in a VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl call.
local
low complexity
linux CWE-119
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4565 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in multiple products
The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 incorrectly relies on the write system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface.
local
low complexity
linux canonical debian CWE-264
7.8
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4558 The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count.
local
high complexity
linux canonical
7.0
2016-05-23 CVE-2016-4557 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel
The replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly maintain an fd data structure, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted BPF instructions that reference an incorrect file descriptor.
local
low complexity
linux
7.8