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CVE-2016-10906
Published:August 19, 2019
Updated:October 08, 2026
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.
Related Resources (7)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c278c253f3d992c6994d08aa0efb2b6806ca396f
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10906
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K01993501?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use After Free
CWE-416
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-362
EPSS
Base Score:
0.37