FKIE_CVE-2016-6480
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-06 20:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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