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CVE-2016-6130

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obt…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.7
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 20%
Public exploits
0
none known

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.04.7CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.01.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2016/dsa-3616 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91540 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/538803/30/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac94 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.kernel.org /show_bug.cgi?id=116741 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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