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CVE-2016-6480

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to caus…

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 27%
Public exploits
0
none known

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.34% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% 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
NVD2.04.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

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

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1362466 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92214 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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