Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-3135
Published: April 27, 2016 / Updated: January 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91188
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3135
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the xt_alloc_table_info() function in net/netfilter/x_tables.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3135
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=758
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317386
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d157bd761585605b7882935ffb86286919f62ea1
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d157bd761585605b7882935ffb86286919f62ea1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3057-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3056-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3054-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3055-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84305
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2930-2