CVE-2016-3841

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    CVE-2016-3841

    Published: 6 Aug 2016Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2695.html, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92227, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=45f6fad84cc305103b28d73482b344d7f5b76f39

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    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