CVE-2016-7117: kernel: Use-after-free in the recvmmsg exit path

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing.