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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- 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
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- 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/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466Issue 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/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.