Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

21 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2016

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In December 2016, 21 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 15 were rated High severity and 6 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 21 CVEs represent 9% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs , down from November's 30 (a 30% month-over-month decrease) .

21
Total CVEs
0
Critical
15
High
6
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2016 21 CVEs
All (21) Critical (0) High (15) Medium (6) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2016-9794 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 Race condition in the snd_pcm_period_elapsed function in sound/core/pcm_lib.c in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel…
CVE-2016-9576 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly restrict the ty…
CVE-2012-6704 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.5 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf …
CVE-2016-9793 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndb…
CVE-2016-9755 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local users to cause a …
CVE-2016-9806 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3 allows local u…
CVE-2016-9777 linux High 7.8 2016-12-28 KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index, which allow…
CVE-2016-9120 linux High 7.8 2016-12-08 Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows loc…
CVE-2015-8967 linux High 7.8 2016-12-08 arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "strict page permissions" prote…
CVE-2016-8655 linux High 7.8 2016-12-08 Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain privileges or ca…
CVE-2015-8966 linux High 7.8 2016-12-08 arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1…
CVE-2016-9919 linux High 7.5 2016-12-08 The icmp6_send function in net/ipv6/icmp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 omits a certain check of the dst data str…
CVE-2016-10088 linux High 7.0 2016-12-30 The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in situations where t…
CVE-2016-6787 linux High 7.0 2016-12-28 kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrat…
CVE-2016-6786 linux High 7.0 2016-12-28 kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrat…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2016?

21 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2016, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 15 High, and 6 Medium.

How does December 2016 compare to other months?

December 2016's 21 CVEs represent 9% of all 2016 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to November's 30 CVEs, this was a 30% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2016 breakdown →

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