{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-4558", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application on (1) a system with more than 32 Gb of memory, related to the program reference count or (2) a 1 Tb system, related to the map reference count." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "USN-3006-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334303", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334303" }, { "name": "USN-3005-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1" }, { "name": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e" }, { "name": "USN-3007-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.5" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20160506 CVE Requests: Linux: BPF flaws (one use-after-free / local root privilege escalation)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/06/4" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92117d8443bc5afacc8d5ba82e541946310f106e" } ] } }