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CVE-2016-6156

Race condition in the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local us…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 20%
Public exploits
0
none known

Race condition in the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) by changing a certain size 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
NVD3.05.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.01.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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

References

  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.kernel.org /show_bug.cgi?id=120131 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/91553 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1353490 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • seclists.org /bugtraq/2016/Jul/20 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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