Name | CVE-2016-6828 |
Description | The tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not properly maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted SACK option. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-609-1, DSA-3659-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.19.316-1 | fixed | |
bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed | |
bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed | |
bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed | |
bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed | |
trixie | 6.10.11-1 | fixed | |
sid | 6.11.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.81-2 | DLA-609-1 | ||
linux | source | jessie | 3.16.36-1+deb8u1 | DSA-3659-1 | ||
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.7.2-1 |
Fixed by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bb1fceca22492109be12640d49f5ea5a544c6bb4