PT-2019-7702 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2016-03-17 · Updated 2019-11-20 · CVE-2016-10906

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5

Description A use-after-free issue is caused by a race condition between the functions arc emac tx and arc emac tx clean in the Linux kernel. This issue is related to the emac main.c file in the drivers/net/ethernet/arc directory.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5, update to version 4.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1262

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CVE-2016-10906

SUSE-SU-2019:2949-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2950-1

SUSE-SU-2019:2984-1

USN-4163-1

USN-4163-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 174

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15902 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-21008 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10906 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14814 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10906 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15505 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15118 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18232 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10906 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4163-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:2984-1 · Vendor Advisory