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CVE-2016-6156

Race condition in the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local use

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Summary

Race condition in the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Timeline

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Affected versions

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References 6

git.kernel.org

bugzilla.kernel.org

GitHub · torvalds/linux

securityfocus.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

seclists.org