CVE-2016-10229

critical

Description

udp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag.

References

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https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-04-04

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H