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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-6480: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:0817)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-6480: Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:0817)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/06/2016
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

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.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

References

  • 92214
  • CVE-2016-6480
  • RHSA-2016:2574
  • RHSA-2016:2584
  • RHSA-2017:0817

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