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CVE-2016-5728

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 35%
Public exploits
0
none known

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.40% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3070-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • kernel.org /pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.kernel.org /show_bug.cgi?id=116651 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3070-3 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3070-2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd75249385671 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3071-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3616 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3070-4 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3071-2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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