CVE-2016-6156

5.1 MEDIUM
Published: August 06, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.1 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
13th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

Affected Vendors

linux

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