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SUSE: CVE-2016-6130: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-6130: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/25/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build

References

  • SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1
  • SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
  • DSA-3616
  • 91540
  • CVE-2016-6130
  • USN-3099-1
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