CVE-2016-9806

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 30.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-12-28 07:42Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-415Double FreeVariant
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

02be4dbf1fad33bdc6b256336e5b5e66335c15cda023e618cb2a5ae9bdcec857

• www.securityfocus.com94653http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94653vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037968http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161203 CVE Request: -- Linux kernel: double free in netlink_dumphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/03/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.openwall.net[netdev] 20160515 BUG: use-after-free in netlink_dumphttp://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2016/05/15/69mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=92964c79b357efd980812c4de5c1fd2ec8bb5520x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401502x_refsource_CONFIRM