CVE-2016-10229
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2017 at 04:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelAndroid
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
3.11 ≤ v < 3.12.533.13 ≤ v < 3.14.773.15 ≤ v < 3.16.353.17 ≤ v < 3.18.453.19 ≤ v < 4.1.403.2 ≤ v < 3.2.763.3 ≤ v < 3.4.1133.5 ≤ v < 3.10.1034.2 ≤ v < 4.4.21
Affected range stops below 3.10.103, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.12.53, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.14.77, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.16.35, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.18.45, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.2.76, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.4.113, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.1.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.4.21, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97397VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197c949e7798fbf28cfadc69d9ca0c2abbf93191x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-10229Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250103-0008/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-358
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