CVE-2016-6156

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel <4.7 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (6)

[Issue Tracking, Patch] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553

Scores

CVSS v3 5.1

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 12.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-362

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.6.6

Timeline

Published Aug 06, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026