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 fetch" vulnerability.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2016-6480

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2016-08-06T20:59:14

• Last Modified Date
• 2018-01-05T02:31:06

• Version
• 2.0

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

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• MEDIUM

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• COMPLETE

• Base Score
• 4.7

• Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 3.4

• Impact Score
• 6.9

• Version
• 3.0

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

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• HIGH

• Privileges Required
• NONE

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 5.1

• Base Severity
• MEDIUM

• Exploitability Score
• 1.4

• Impact Score
• 3.6