UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5728

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CVE-2016-5728
Published: 27 Jun 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:53

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.3 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Jun 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:53
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-95.142 | < 4.4.0-36.55

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1021.27

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1024.27

References (12)