Description
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.
Published: 2016-08-06
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-609-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3659-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7403 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3097-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3097-2 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3098-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3098-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3099-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3099-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3099-3 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3099-4 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:29:20.132Z

Reserved: 2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6480

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:14.487

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

Link: CVE-2016-6480

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6480 - Bugzilla

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