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CVE-2016-10906

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10906 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the arc_emac_main.c driver, affecting versions prior to 4.5. This flaw stems from a race condition between the arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean functions. Rated 7.0 HIGH, successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires local access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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 Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-10906Moderate

kernel: use-after-free in functions arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c

Aug 18, 2019

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
support.f5.com / csp/article/K01993501
usn.ubuntu.com / 4163-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 4163-2