CVE-2016-6156
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 20 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- mitre
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM 5.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2016-7090
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2016-6156
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2016-AVI-315 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 4.6.6
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |