CVE-2016-6480
low-risk
Published 2016-08-06
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.06% 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
5
CVSS 5.1/10
Medium
LOCAL
/ HIGH complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (28)
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1362466
and 8 more references
18
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
13/34 · Low
Exploitability
0/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal