UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6156

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CVE-2016-6156
Published: 06 Aug 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:54

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
5.1 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Aug 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:54
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.1CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 4.4.0-38.57

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1023.29

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1026.29

References (6)