CVE-2016-6130

MEDIUM

Linux kernel <4.6 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

References (6)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538803/30/0/threaded

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116741

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91540

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.6%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-362

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

debian/debian_linux

linux/linux_kernel < 4.5.5

Timeline

Published Jul 03, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026