suse · CVE-2016-3156

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Priority: low Published: 2021-05-30 13:40:28 UTC Updated: 2025-11-05 04:30:02 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-3156 severity low: SUSE including 171 source package names (kernel-3.10.0-514.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-514.el7, …), 380 product×package rows across 50 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (50 product lines)): Fixed 297, Known Not Affected 83.

Description:

The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.

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