The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microfocus

Published: 2016-10-16T21:00:00

Updated: 2021-01-06T16:16:08

Reserved: 2016-10-14T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-8666

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-16T21:59:15.523

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:36:27.150


Link: CVE-2016-8666

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