CVE-2016-6130 Information

Description

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value aka a \double fetch\ vulnerability.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538803/30/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91540 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116741 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.7