CVE-2016-6327
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write operation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.6.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.6.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.6.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.6.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.6.1-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=51093254bf879bc9ce96590400a87897c7498463
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.5.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/19/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92549
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354525
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/51093254bf879bc9ce96590400a87897c7498463
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6327.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6327
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.