CVE-2016-6156
medium
CVSS v3
5.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.1
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
51%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.7.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.7.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.7.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.7.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.7.2-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6156.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6156
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.