Name: CVE-2016-6156: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6156, CWE-362, CVSS 5.1, EPSS 0.00043

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 6, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1026-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1023-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-38-powerpc-smp	Sep 19, 2016	Aug 6, 2016
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Aug 6, 2016

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CVSS Details

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