CVE-2016-6136

 

Published at: - 06-08-2016 10:59

Last modified: - 26-10-2022 01:44

Total changes: - 3

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
• https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
• 20160704 [CVE-2016-6136] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/kernel/auditsc.c-Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
• 91558-
• RHSA-2017:0307-
• RHSA-2016:2584-
• RHSA-2016:2574-

 

Keywords

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CVE-2016-6136

 

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