usn-3084-4
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-09-19 19:12
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
Details

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or disrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136)

It was discovered that the powerpc and powerpc64 hypervisor-mode KVM implementation in the Linux kernel for did not properly maintain state about transactional memory. An unprivileged attacker in a guest could cause a denial of service (CPU lockup) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-5412)

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Chrome OS embedded controller device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6156)

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  "details": "Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the audit subsystem in the\nLinux kernel. A local attacker could use this to corrupt audit logs or\ndisrupt system-call auditing. (CVE-2016-6136)\n\nIt was discovered that the powerpc and powerpc64 hypervisor-mode KVM\nimplementation in the Linux kernel for did not properly maintain state\nabout transactional memory. An unprivileged attacker in a guest could cause\na denial of service (CPU lockup) in the host OS. (CVE-2016-5412)\n\nPengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Chrome OS embedded\ncontroller device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use\nthis to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-6156)\n",
  "id": "USN-3084-4",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:02Z",
  "published": "2016-09-19T19:12:35Z",
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}



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