Vulnerabilities (CVE)

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Total 18606 CVE
CVE Vendors Products Updated CVSS v2 CVSS v3
CVE-2016-5195 7 Canonical, Debian, Fedoraproject and 4 more 18 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Fedora and 15 more 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.0 HIGH
Race condition in mm/gup.c in the Linux kernel 2.x through 4.x before 4.8.3 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect handling of a copy-on-write (COW) feature to write to a read-only memory mapping, as exploited in the wild in October 2016, aka "Dirty COW."
CVE-2016-4998 3 Canonical, Linux, Oracle 3 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Linux 2026-06-17 5.6 MEDIUM 7.1 HIGH
The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
CVE-2016-4997 5 Canonical, Debian, Linux and 2 more 11 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel and 8 more 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE and IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementations in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that triggers an unintended decrement.
CVE-2016-4951 3 Canonical, Linux, Oracle 3 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Linux 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not verify socket existence, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a dumpit operation.
CVE-2016-4913 4 Canonical, Linux, Novell and 1 more 6 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 3 more 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The get_rock_ridge_filename function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles NM (aka alternate name) entries containing \0 characters, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted isofs filesystem.
CVE-2016-4805 5 Canonical, Linux, Novell and 2 more 12 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Opensuse Leap and 9 more 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
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.
CVE-2016-4794 2 Canonical, Linux 2 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf system calls.
CVE-2016-4581 3 Canonical, Linux, Oracle 3 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Linux 2026-06-17 4.9 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
fs/pnode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 does not properly traverse a mount propagation tree in a certain case involving a slave mount, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted series of mount system calls.
CVE-2016-4580 2 Canonical, Linux 2 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
The x25_negotiate_facilities function in net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call Request.
CVE-2016-4578 5 Canonical, Debian, Linux and 2 more 11 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel and 8 more 2026-06-17 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions.
CVE-2016-4569 3 Canonical, Linux, Novell 10 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 7 more 2026-06-17 2.1 LOW 5.5 MEDIUM
The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface.
CVE-2016-4568 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-v4l2.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted number of planes in a VIDIOC_DQBUF ioctl call.
CVE-2016-4565 3 Canonical, Debian, Linux 3 Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3 incorrectly relies on the write system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface.
CVE-2016-4558 2 Canonical, Linux 2 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 6.9 MEDIUM 7.0 HIGH
The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count.
CVE-2016-4557 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
The replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not properly maintain an fd data structure, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via crafted BPF instructions that reference an incorrect file descriptor.
CVE-2016-4486 3 Canonical, Linux, Novell 10 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 7 more 2026-06-17 2.1 LOW 3.3 LOW
The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.
CVE-2016-4485 3 Canonical, Linux, Novell 5 Ubuntu Linux, Linux Kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo and 2 more 2026-06-17 5.0 MEDIUM 7.5 HIGH
The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a message.
CVE-2016-4482 4 Canonical, Fedoraproject, Linux and 1 more 11 Ubuntu Linux, Fedora, Linux Kernel and 8 more 2026-06-17 2.1 LOW 6.2 MEDIUM
The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call.
CVE-2016-4470 4 Linux, Novell, Oracle and 1 more 14 Linux Kernel, Suse Linux Enterprise Real Time Extension, Linux and 11 more 2026-06-17 4.9 MEDIUM 5.5 MEDIUM
The key_reject_and_link function in security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 does not ensure that a certain data structure is initialized, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2 command.
CVE-2016-4440 1 Linux 1 Linux Kernel 2026-06-17 7.2 HIGH 7.8 HIGH
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 mishandles the APICv on/off state, which allows guest OS users to obtain direct APIC MSR access on the host OS, and consequently cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host OS, via x2APIC mode.