CVE-2016-4997

A flaw was discovered in processing setsockopt for 32 bit processes on 64 bit systems. This flaw will allow attackers to alter arbitrary kernel memory when unloading a kernel module. This action is usually restricted to root-privileged users but can also be leveraged if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_USER_NS and CONFIG_NET_NS and the user is granted elevated privileges.

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, MRG-2 and realtime and will be addressed in a future update.

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