CVE-2016-8666: 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…

PriorityP337high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

4.70%

90.9th percentile

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

21 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)	linux 4.6.1-1 (bookworm)
debian	linux	< linux 4.7.8-1 (bookworm)	linux 4.7.8-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.7.8-1	4.7.8-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.7.8-1	4.7.8-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.7.8-1	4.7.8-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.7.8-1	4.7.8-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.6.1-1	4.6.1-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.14 < 3.16.35	3.16.35
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.17 < 3.18.47	3.18.47
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.19 < 4.1.38	4.1.38
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.0 < 4.1.37	4.1.37
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.2 < 4.4.32	4.4.32
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.2 < 4.4.29	4.4.29
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.5 < 4.8.8	4.8.8
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.5 < 4.6	4.6
oracle	linux	—	—
oracle	linux	—	—
oracle	vm_server	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.07.8HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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