CVE-2016-6136
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 6, 2016
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 1, 2016
Description
Race condition in the audit_log_single_execve_arg function in kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to bypass intended character-set restrictions or disrupt system-call auditing by changing a certain string, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 91558vdb-entry
- https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18
- RHSA-2016:2584vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2016:2574vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- 20160704 [CVE-2016-6136] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/kernel/auditsc.cmailing-list
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
- RHSA-2017:0307vendor-advisory
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