CVE-2016-2383

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CVSS v3
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS v2
2.1
LOW
Affected
1
PROJECT

Description

The adjust_branches function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not consider the delta in the backward-jump case, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by creating a packet filter and then loading crafted BPF instructions.

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