CVE-2016-6136
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6136
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6136.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6136
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-08-06T20:59:06Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Severity
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- 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Race condition in the auditlogsingleexecvearg 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.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
- https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91558
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html