Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2016-10200
Published: May 23, 2017 / Updated: August 6, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6643
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10200
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Linux kernel
SUSE Linux
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10200
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 4.8.14
External References
- 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