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CVE-2016-8632
high
Description
The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
References
https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev%40vger.kernel.org/msg133205.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390832