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CVE-2016-6162

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel 4.7-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via certain IPv6 socket operations.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 4.7-rc6

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/8
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353538
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/8
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353538

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