CVE-2016-8655
HIGH 7.8EPSS 11.1%
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 11.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
- Published
- 2016-12-08
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (11)
- KosukeShimofuji/CVE-2016-86550★ · 2016-12-12
- LakshmiDesai/CVE-2016-86555★ · 2016-12-08
- LucidOfficial/Linux-exploit-suggestor0★ · 2022-06-19
- chorankates/Help1★ · 2023-01-07
- externalist/exploit_playground617★ · 2020-10-01
- likekabin/exploit_playground_lists_androidCVE1★ · 2018-07-17
- likescam/exploit_playground_lists_androidCVE1★ · 2018-07-17
- martinmullins/CVE-2016-8655_Android12★ · 2017-07-01
- pradeepavula/Linux-Exploits-LES-0★ · 2024-02-25
- scarvell/cve-2016-86550★ · 2016-12-07
- WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2016-86550★ · 2026-07-15
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (3)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44696
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40871
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47170
Security advisories
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=84ac7260236a49c…
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00070.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00073.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00076.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00077.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-12/msg00087.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140063/Linux-Kernel-4.4.0-AF_PACKET-Race-Condition-P…
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0386.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0387.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0402.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/06/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94692
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037403
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3149-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3150-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3151-4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3152-2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019
- torvalds/linux/commit/84ac7260236a49c79eede91617700174c2c19b0c
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html