PT-2016-6948 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Martin Prpič · Published 2016-08-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-6480

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8

Description The issue is related to a race condition in the ioctl send fib function, which can be exploited by local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in out-of-bounds access or a system crash. This is achieved by changing a certain size value, also referred to as a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8, update to version 4.8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1862

ALT-PU-2017-1330

CESA-2016_2574

CESA-2017_0817

CVE-2016-6480

DLA-609-1

DSA-3659-1

MGASA-2016-0345

MGASA-2016-0364

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2290-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2625-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3021-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

RHSA-2016:2574

RHSA-2016:2584

RHSA-2016_2574

RHSA-2016_2584

RHSA-2017:0817

RHSA-2017_0817

SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2175-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2177-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2178-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2180-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2181-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2230-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2674-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3069-1

SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1

USN-3097-1

USN-3097-2

USN-3098-1

USN-3098-2

USN-3099-1

USN-3099-2

USN-3099-3

USN-3099-4

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 524

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3069-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2174-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3098-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2245-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2179-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6480 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0364.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6480 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7039 · Vendor Advisory