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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-7117

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CVE-2016-7117

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

Published Modified CWE 19
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Oracle (high), Amazon (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0linux, linux-esx4.4.54-1.ph1
amazon linux 1kernel, kernel-debuginfo, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 and 9 more4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
debian 11linux4.5.2-1
debian 12linux4.5.2-1
debian 13linux4.5.2-1
debian 14linux4.5.2-1
debian 7linux3.2.81-1
debian 8linux3.16.36-1
echolinux4.5.2-1
Oracle Linux 5kernel, kernel-PAE, kernel-PAE-devel and 29 more2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5 and 3 more
Oracle Linux 6dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.2.el6uek, dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek, kernel and 15 more0.4.5-3.el6 and 3 more
Oracle Linux 7dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.2.el7uek, dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek, kernel and 17 more0.4.5-3.el7 and 3 more
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SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0linux4.4.54-1.ph1
Photon OS 1.0linux-esx4.4.54-1.ph1
amazon linux 1kernel4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo-common-i6864.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_644.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-devel4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-doc4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-headers4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools-debuginfo4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools-devel4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1perf4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
amazon linux 1perf-debuginfo4.4.8-20.46.amzn1
debian 11linux4.5.2-1
debian 12linux4.5.2-1
debian 13linux4.5.2-1
debian 14linux4.5.2-1
debian 7linux3.2.81-1
debian 8linux3.16.36-1
echolinux4.5.2-1
Oracle Linux 5kernel2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-PAE2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-PAE-devel2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-debug2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-debug-devel2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-devel2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-doc2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-headers2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-debug2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-debug-devel2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-devel2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-doc2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-firmware2.6.39-400.293.2.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-xen2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5kernel-xen-devel2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el51.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5PAE1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5debug1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5xen1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.el51.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.el5PAE1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.el5debug1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5ocfs2-2.6.18-417.el5xen1.4.11-1.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el52.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5PAE2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5debug2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.0.0.0.1.el5xen2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.el52.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.el5PAE2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.el5debug2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 5oracleasm-2.6.18-417.el5xen2.0.5-2.el5
Oracle Linux 6dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.2.el6uek0.4.5-3.el6
Oracle Linux 6dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek0.5.3-2.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-abi-whitelists2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-debug2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-debug-devel2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-devel2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-doc2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-firmware2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-headers2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-debug4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-debug-devel4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-devel4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-doc4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-firmware4.1.12-61.1.23.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6perf2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 6python-perf2.6.32-642.13.1.el6
Oracle Linux 7dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.15.2.el7uek0.4.5-3.el7
Oracle Linux 7dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek0.5.3-2.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-abi-whitelists3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-debug3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-debug-devel3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-devel3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-doc3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-headers3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-tools3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-tools-libs3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-tools-libs-devel3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek-debug4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek-debug-devel4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek-devel4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek-doc4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7kernel-uek-firmware4.1.12-61.1.23.el7uek
Oracle Linux 7perf3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Oracle Linux 7python-perf3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.5.2-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.5.2-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.5.2-1
ubuntu 12.04linux3.2.0-115.157
ubuntu 12.04linux-armadaxp3.2.0-1677.104
ubuntu 12.04linux-lts-trusty3.13.0-86.130~precise1
ubuntu 12.04linux-ti-omap43.2.0-1493.120
ubuntu 12.04-ESMlinux3.2.0-115.157
ubuntu 12.04-ESMlinux-lts-trusty3.13.0-86.130~precise1
ubuntu 14.04linux3.13.0-86.130
ubuntu 14.04linux-lts-vivid3.19.0-59.65~14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04linux-lts-xenial4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMlinux3.13.0-86.130
ubuntu 14.04-ESMlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04linux4.4.0-22.39
ubuntu 16.04linux-raspi24.4.0-1010.12
ubuntu 16.04linux-snapdragon4.4.0-1013.14
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlinux4.4.0-22.39

References

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