PT-2016-6829 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Adam Mariš · Published 2016-04-13 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-6327

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. This can be achieved by using an ABORT TASK command to abort a device write operation.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.5.1, update to version 4.5.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1331

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2016_2574

CVE-2016-6327

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2625-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3021-1

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016:2584

RHSA-2016_2574

RHSA-2016_2584

SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 247

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/51093254bf879bc9ce96590400a87897c7498463 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6327 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6327 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6327 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6327 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6327 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2574.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-3645.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6327 · Vendor Advisory