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CVE-2016-9793

14 known exploits for CVE-2016-9793

The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option.

Affected products
Alt Linux, Centos, Linux Kernel, Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu
Linux Linux Kernel
< 3.12.69, 3.16.40, 3.18.52, 4.1.50, 4.4.38, 4.8.14
Fix
Available
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
1.6% (73th percentile)
Weakness
CWE-119
NVD status
Modified
Published
2016-12-28
CVE-2016-9793 at NVD
Authoritative description, scoring and affected products

14 known exploits for CVE-2016-9793

Proof-of-concept code and exploit modules indexed by Sploitus

CVE-2016-9793
2026-08-27 KitPloitKITPLOIT
kernel-exploits
2026-08-27 KitPloitKITPLOIT
linux-kernel-exploits
2026-08-27 KitPloitKITPLOIT
kernel-exploits
2026-08-26 KitPloitKITPLOIT
kernel-exploits
2026-08-26 KitPloitKITPLOIT
kernel-exploit-factory
2026-08-21 KitPloitKITPLOIT
Exploit for CVE-2016-2384
2025-07-27 mirrors_xairyGITEE
Exploit for Use After Free in Linux Linux_Kernel
2025-07-27 mirrors_bcolesGITEE
Exploit for CVE-2016-2384
2021-12-02 蒲公英之流GITEE
Linux Kernel SO_SNDBUFFORCE / SO_RCVBUFFORCE Local Privilege Escalation
2017-05-12 Andrey KonovalovPACKETSTORMC
Linux Kernel 3.11 < 4.8 0 - SO_SNDBUFFORCE & SO_RCVBUFFORCE Local Privilege Escalation Exploi
2017-05-12 Andrey KonovalovZDTC
Linux Kernel 3.11 4.8 0 - SO_SNDBUFFORCE SO_RCVBUFFORCE Local Privilege Escalation
2017-03-22 Andrey KonovalovEXPLOITPACKC
Linux Kernel 3.11 < 4.8 0 - 'SO_SNDBUFFORCE' / 'SO_RCVBUFFORCE' Local Privilege Escalation
2017-03-22 Andrey KonovalovEXPLOITDBC
Exploit for CVE-2016-2384
2016-02-16 xairyGITHUB