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CVE-2016-10229
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-04-04T05:59:00.233 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:39:19.887

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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