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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6480): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-6480): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-98-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-generic-pae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-highbank
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-omap
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-111-virtual
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-2-0-1489-omap4
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1027-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1030-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-42-powerpc64-smp

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