VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2016-5728
CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Description
Race 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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer