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 fetch" vulnerability.

CVSS v3.0 5.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

5.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 1.4 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-08-06 13:59

Updated : 2016-11-28 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2016-6156

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6156

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CWE

CWE-362

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

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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