CVE-2016-5728

6.3 MEDIUM
Published: June 27, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.3 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
15th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

linux debian

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