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Ubuntu: USN-3099-1 (CVE-2016-6130): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3099-1 (CVE-2016-6130): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc64-smp

References

  • USN-3097-1
  • USN-3097-2
  • USN-3098-1
  • USN-3098-2
  • USN-3099-1
  • USN-3099-2
  • USN-3099-3
  • USN-3099-4
  • DSA-3616
  • 91540
  • CVE-2016-6130
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