CVE-2016-5728: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-5728 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5Timeline
- 27-06-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.3MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.40%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
35%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.40% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu5 products
- linux< 3.13.0-95.142 | < 4.4.0-36.55
- linux-lts-vivid< 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1
- linux-lts-xenial< 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1
- linux-raspi2< 4.4.0-1021.27
- linux-snapdragon< 4.4.0-1024.27
Debian2 products
- linux< 4.6.1-1
- debian_linuxEOL8.0
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≤ 4.6
3 vendors · 8 products
References
21 links- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryREPORT
