CVE-2016-4997

Public on 2016-06-24
Modified on 2017-01-19
Description
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.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-06-24 ALAS-2016-718 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H