CVE-2016-8633

Description

drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, in certain unusual hardware configurations, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac

https://eyalitkin.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/cve-publication-cve-2016-8633/

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1391490

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94149

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/06/1

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.7

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=667121ace9dbafb368618dbabcf07901c962ddac

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3