CVE-2016-6480

Published: 6 August 2016

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Pengfei Wang discovered a race condition in the Adaptec AAC RAID controller driver in the Linux kernel when handling ioctl()s. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Author

Note

jdstrand

android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-111.153)
	trusty	Released (3.13.0-98.145)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-42.62)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-11.12)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-22.24)
	Patches: Introduced by 7c00ffa314bf0fb0e23858bbebad33b48b6abbb9 Fixed by fa00c437eef8dc2e7b25f8cd868cfa405fcc2bb3
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-1674.100)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1002.2)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1001.10)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1003.3)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.13.0-98.145~precise1)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Released (3.19.0-71.79~14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Released (4.4.0-42.62~14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Ignored (abandoned)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1027.33)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-1012.14)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (4.8.0-1013.15)
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1030.33)
	yakkety	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1029.32)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1029.32)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (3.2.0-1489.116)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Released (4.8~rc3)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.1
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Bugs

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116751

Join the discussion

Canonical is offering Expanded Security Maintenance

Canonical is offering Ubuntu Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) for security fixes and essential packages.

Find out more about ESM ›