5.1
CVSSv3

CVE-2016-6480

Published: 06/08/2016 Updated: 05/01/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.1 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.4
VMScore: 418
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 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.

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...
Synopsis Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring Syst ...
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or have other impacts CVE-2016-5696 Yue Cao, Zhiyun Qian, Zhongjie Wang, Tuan Dao, and Srikanth V Krishnamurthy of the University of California, Riverside; and Lisa M Marvel of the United States Army Research L ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...