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posted 2017-04-06 18:47:34 +0300

critical remote-attackable CVE-2016-7117 in kernel/net: Fix use after free in the recvmmsg exit path

CVSS Base Score3: 9.8 critical remote

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

patch is available, so please fix it as soon as possible...