A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges or crash the system.
Find out more about CVE-2016-10200 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as the code with the flaw is not present in the products listed.
This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2. Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:2077 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2017:1842 | 2017-08-01 |
| Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2017:2444 | 2017-08-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 7.3 (kernel) | RHSA-2017:2437 | 2017-08-08 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |
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