fix race-condition in tcp-ip stack in kernel CVE-2016-8655 [released]

Tracked by Jolla (In release)

asked 2016-12-12 14:44:31 +0200

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updated 2017-04-03 18:16:05 +0200

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this allows to open a root shell and is considered harmful...

edit 20170211: seems still not fixed in sfos2.1.0.9ea kernel 3.4.108.20161101
edit 20170327: still not fixed in 2.1.0.10 ea
edit 20170403: still not fixed in 2.1.0.11 ea

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The question has been closed for the following reason "released in a software update" by lpr
close date 2017-06-14 17:52:43.402888

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Thank you for reporting this.

jovirkku ( 2016-12-16 15:56:59 +0200 )edit
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@coderus there are exploits available for this...

lpr ( 2017-02-11 11:38:53 +0200 )edit
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Out engineers are working on this.

jovirkku ( 2017-03-28 10:58:21 +0200 )edit

@lpr : released in 2.1.1.12/Jämsänjoki

lpr ( 2017-06-14 17:52:20 +0200 )edit