CVE-2016-7117

kernel: Use-after-free in the recvmmsg exit path

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 14, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the kernel's socket recvmmsg subsystem. This may allow remote attackers to corrupt memory and may allow execution of arbitrary code. This corruption takes place during the error handling routines within __sys_recvmmsg() function.

Statement

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, MRG-2 and realtime and may be addressed in a future update.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 7.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-416 · Use After Free