Security Advisory

CVE-2016-4558

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2016-05-23 10:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-06 00:32:25
Assigner mitre
CVSS score not scored
State PUBLISHED

Description

The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count.