CVE-2016-7917

Name	CVE-2016-7917
Description	The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.282-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.178-3	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.179-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	6.1.27-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency
linux	source	wheezy	(not affected)
linux	source	jessie	3.16.39-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.5.1-1	low

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/c58d6c93680f28ac58984af61d0a7ebf4319c241 (v4.5-rc6)