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CVE-2016-10229 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/	CVE
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 13 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-358	Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 3.2, < 3.2.76 >= 3.3, < 3.4.113 >= 3.5, < 3.10.103 >= 3.11, < 3.12.53 >= 3.13, < 3.14.77
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
google android	<= 7.1.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2025	CVE Modified	CVE
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 3, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 17, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 11, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 7, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]