CVE-2016-5728

kernel: Race condition vulnerability in VOP driver

Published Jun 27, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3616-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-6666 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-2 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-3 Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3070-4 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3071-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3071-2 Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:07 AM
Reserved
Jun 21, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 27, 2016, 10:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:49 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 27, 2016, 12:00 AM