CVE-2016-8646

Publication date

2016-11-28 03:01:00

Family

redhat

State

PUBLISHED

Description

The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket that has received zero bytes of data.