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CVE-2016-6156 Detail

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.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e Issue Tracking  Patch 
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131 Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490 Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e Issue Tracking  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6156
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2016
NVD Last Modified:
11/28/2016
Source:
MITRE