Security Advisory
CVE-2016-7117
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.
Published Date
October 10, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory