CVE-2016-6130 (GCVE-0-2016-6130)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-07-03 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
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Summary
Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-27 00:00
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