Description
Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Published: 2016-06-27
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3616-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6666 Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-3 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-4 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3071-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3071-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:07:59.982Z

Reserved: 2016-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5728

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-27T10:59:12.207

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-5728

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5728 - Bugzilla

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