Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-7039

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1174

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7039

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the IP stack due to stack consumption. A remote attacker can trigger use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, and cause the service to crash.

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-aarch64 (Red Hat package)

Update to version 4.8.3.

Linux kernel - update to 4.1.37
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 3.10.0-327.36.2.el7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 3.10.0-327.36.3.rt56.238.el7
kernel-aarch64 (Red Hat package) - update to 4.5.0-15.2.1.el7

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.1.37

• Ubuntu update for Linux kernel (Trusty HWE)
• Ubuntu update for Linux kernel
• Ubuntu update for Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon)
• Ubuntu update for Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2)
• Ubuntu update for Linux kernel (Xenial HWE)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Linux Kernel
• Red Hat update for kernel-rt
• Red Hat update for kernel
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for kernel-aarch64