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 cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2016-08-06 20:59

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-6480

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6480

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6480


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')