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.
References
Link Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-05-23T10:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-12T09:57:01

Reserved: 2016-05-15T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-4805

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-05-23T10:59:13.443

Modified: 2023-01-17T21:18:02.860


Link: CVE-2016-4805

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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CWE