Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4805

Title: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4805.

CWE Category CWE-416
Published Date May 23, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.13%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4805: Use-after-free vulnerability in drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly have unspecified other impact by removing a network namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and ppp_unregister_channel functions.

Impacted Vendors

S
suse 4
N
novell 4

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00054.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/15/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90605 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3021-2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335803 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1f461dcdd296eecedaffffc6bae2bfa90bd7eb89
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4805 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.