The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large number of IP addresses.
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3156 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3156 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-04-27T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:47:57.548Z

Reserved: 2016-03-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3156

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-27T17:59:26.430

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:49:29.490

Link: CVE-2016-3156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3156 - Bugzilla