CVE-2016-5728
low-risk
Published 2016-06-27
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.3/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (2)
References (24)
and 4 more references
23
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
16/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
7/34 · Low