CVE - CVE-2016-6136

CVE-ID
CVE-2016-6136	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:91558 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91558 BUGTRAQ:20160704 [CVE-2016-6136] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/kernel/auditsc.c URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533 CONFIRM:https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c CONFIRM:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2574 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2584 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0307 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160701	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20160701)
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