CVE-2016-3156

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    CVE-2016-3156

    Published: 27 Apr 2016Last Modified: 1 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00019.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00060.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/3, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84428, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2969-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-2, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00059.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2971-3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2996-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2997-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-1, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2968-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2970-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318172, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fbd40ea0180a2d328c5adc61414dc8bab9335ce2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High