Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

17 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2016

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

July 2016 September 2016

In August 2016, 17 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 6 were rated High severity and 10 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 17 CVEs represent 9% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 4 (a 325% month-over-month increase) .

17
Total CVEs
1
Critical
6
High
10
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2016 17 CVEs
All (17) Critical (1) High (6) Medium (10) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2014-9410 linux Critical 9.8 2016-08-07 The vfe31_proc_general function in drivers/media/video/msm/vfe/msm_vfe31.c in the MSM-VFE31 driver for the Linux kernel…
CVE-2016-6162 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel 4.7-rc6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have …
CVE-2014-9870 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, do…
CVE-2016-6187 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buf…
CVE-2016-3070 linux High 7.8 2016-08-06 The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel before 4.4 improp…
CVE-2016-6516 linux High 7.4 2016-08-06 Race condition in the ioctl_file_dedupe_range function in fs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users…
CVE-2016-3841 linux High 7.3 2016-08-06 The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain privileges or…
CVE-2016-5412 linux Medium 6.5 2016-08-06 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S in the Linux kernel through 4.7 on PowerPC platforms, when CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64…
CVE-2016-6197 linux Medium 5.5 2016-08-06 fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.6 does not properly verify t…
CVE-2014-9900 linux Medium 5.5 2016-08-06 The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-0…
CVE-2014-9892 linux Medium 5.5 2016-08-06 The snd_compr_tstamp function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android befo…
CVE-2016-6198 linux Medium 5.5 2016-08-06 The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an OverlayFS file is r…
CVE-2016-6480 linux Medium 5.1 2016-08-06 Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows…
CVE-2016-6156 linux Medium 5.1 2016-08-06 Race condition in the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c in the Linux kernel before…
CVE-2016-5696 linux Medium 4.8 2016-08-06 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 does not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, whi…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2016?

17 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2016, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 6 High, and 10 Medium.

How does August 2016 compare to other months?

August 2016's 17 CVEs represent 9% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 4 CVEs, this was a 325% increase month-over-month. View the full 2016 breakdown →

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