CVE-2016-5728

NameCVE-2016-5728
DescriptionRace condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3616-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.11.7-1fixed
sid6.11.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3DSA-3616-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.6.1-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Upstream fix: https://git.kernel.org/linus/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6 (v4.7-rc1)
Introduced in: https://git.kernel.org/linus/f69bcbf3b4c4b333dcd7a48eaf868bf0c88edab5 (v3.13-rc1)

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