Security Advisory

CVE-2016-6130

4.7
MEDIUM

Vulnerability Description

Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by changing a certain length value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.
Published Date July 3, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory