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CVE-2016-8666

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Published: Oct 16, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.5
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel
Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
From 3.14 to 3.16.35
Linux Kernel
From 3.17 to 3.18.47
Linux Kernel
From 3.19 to 4.1.38
Linux Kernel
From 4.2 to 4.4.29
Linux Kernel
From 4.5 to 4.6

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (24)

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