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CVE-2016-6156

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.1
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.043

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-3084-1) linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic_4.4.0-38.57_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3084-1) linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic_4.4.0-38.57_amd64.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3084-1) linux-image-4.4.0-38-lowlatency_4.4.0-38.57_i386.debLinux
Linux kernel (USN-3084-1) linux-image-4.4.0-38-lowlatency_4.4.0-38.57_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3084-2) linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic_4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3084-2) linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic_4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3084-2) linux-image-4.4.0-38-lowlatency_4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3084-2) linux-image-4.4.0-38-lowlatency_4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234