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CVE-2016-9755

The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls, related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.

  • Published: Dec 28, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-9755
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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