VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-6156
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…
MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 20th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78eIssue Tracking, Patch
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78eIssue Tracking, Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78eIssue Tracking, Patch
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78eIssue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.