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CVE-2016-5728 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538802/30/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3071-2	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	<= 4.6
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

11 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 19, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 19, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 8, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 6, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 27, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jun 27, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]