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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10200: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-10200: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/07/2017
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • 101783
  • CVE-2016-10200
  • RHSA-2017:1842
  • RHSA-2017:2077
  • RHSA-2017:2437
  • RHSA-2017:2444

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