Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-10200
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: August 6, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6643
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10200
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit the race and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10200
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/32c231164b762dddefa13af5a0101032c70b50ef
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.8.14
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=32c231164b762dddefa13af5a0101032c70b50ef