PT-2016-6761

CVE-2016-6130

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Published

2016-06-02

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Updated

2017-03-22

Description by

CVSS 3.1
4.7
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6
Description The issue is related to a race condition in the sclp ctl ioctl sccb function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory. This is achieved by changing a certain length value, also known as a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Recommendations For versions prior to 4.6, update to version 4.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the sclp ctl ioctl sccb function until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
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Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2016-1572
ALT-PU-2017-1330
DSA-3616-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_3021-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2912-1
SUSE-SU-2016:3304-1
SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1
USN-3099-1
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