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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-10229

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CVE-2016-10229

kernel: net: Unsafe second checksum calculation in udp.c

Published Modified CWE 358
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (high).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.3linux-grsec4.1.39-r0
amazon linux 1kernel, kernel-debuginfo, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 and 9 more4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
debian 11linux4.5.1-1
debian 12linux4.5.1-1
debian 13linux4.5.1-1
debian 14linux4.5.1-1
debian 7linux3.2.73-2+deb7u2
debian 8linux3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2
echolinux4.5.1-1
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek, kernel-uek-debug, kernel-uek-debug-devel and 3 more2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek, kernel-uek-debug, kernel-uek-debug-devel and 3 more2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.5.1-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.3linux-grsec4.1.39-r0
amazon linux 1kernel4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo-common-i6864.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_644.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-devel4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-doc4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-headers4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools-debuginfo4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1kernel-tools-devel4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1perf4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
amazon linux 1perf-debuginfo4.9.17-8.31.amzn1
debian 11linux4.5.1-1
debian 12linux4.5.1-1
debian 13linux4.5.1-1
debian 14linux4.5.1-1
debian 7linux3.2.73-2+deb7u2
debian 8linux3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2
echolinux4.5.1-1
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-debug2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-debug-devel2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-devel2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-doc2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 5kernel-uek-firmware2.6.39-400.294.7.el5uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-debug2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-debug-devel2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-devel2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-doc2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
Oracle Linux 6kernel-uek-firmware2.6.39-400.294.7.el6uek
root.io debian 11rootio-linux4.5.1-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux4.5.1-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux4.5.1-1
ubuntu 12.04linux3.2.0-99.139
ubuntu 12.04linux-armadaxp3.2.0-1662.86
ubuntu 12.04linux-lts-trusty3.13.0-79.123~precise1
ubuntu 12.04linux-ti-omap43.2.0-1477.100
ubuntu 12.04-ESMlinux3.2.0-99.139
ubuntu 12.04-ESMlinux-lts-trusty3.13.0-79.123~precise1
ubuntu 14.04linux3.13.0-79.123
ubuntu 14.04linux-lts-vivid3.19.0-49.55~14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMlinux3.13.0-79.123

References

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