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CVE-2016-4558

CVSS v3.1 7 (High)
70% Progress
CVSS v2.0 6.9 (Medium)
69% Progress
EPSS 0.06 % (27th)
0.06% Progress
Affected Products 2
Advisories 7
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-NVD-Other
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
MITRE
Published Date
2016-05-23 10:59:04
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-06-07 12:45:02
(15 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel from 4.4 version and prior 4.4.11 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.4 < 4.4.11
  Linux Kernel from 4.5 version and prior 4.5.5 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel >= 4.5 < 4.5.5

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts