CVE-2016-7117

critical

Published 2016-10-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	`3.2.80`

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
sid	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
forky	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.5.2-1`
7.0	Affected	—

References

CWEs

CWE-19

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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