CVE-2016-6130
Moderate
CVE-2016-6130
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.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
July 3, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-6130
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3616
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538803/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91540
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116741
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/532c34b5fbf1687df63b3fcd5b2846312ac943c6