What is CVE-2016-10906?

CVE-2016-10906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2019-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2016-10906?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Use After Free in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-10906

An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5. A use-after-free is caused by a race condition between the functions arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2019-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.f5.com/csp/article/K01993501
usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/ (vendor-advisory)
usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/ (vendor-advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 (mailing-list)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10906?: CVE-2016-10906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2019-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2016-10906?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.