CVE-2016-6480

Published: Aug 6, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.1

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.4 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 4.7

Related CWEs

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

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (28)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00049.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00050.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00051.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00052.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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