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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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…

MEDIUM 5.1EPSS 0.34%

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
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.