UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6480
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 5
Upstream
Published: 06 Aug 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:49
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, 10:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) 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
< 3.13.0-98.145 | < 4.4.0-42.62
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-71.79~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-42.62~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1027.33
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1030.33
References (11)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6480
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Aug/15
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3097-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3098-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3098-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3099-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3097-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6480