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CVE-2016-10906

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 31%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5. A use-after-free is caused by a race condition between the functions arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.04.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
  • CWE-416 Use After Free
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • git.kernel.org /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c278c253f3d992c6994d08aa0efb2b6806 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • support.f5.com /csp/article/K01993501?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4163-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4163-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • seclists.org /bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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