CVE-2016-6136 (GCVE-0-2016-6136)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:22
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Summary
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.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-04-27 00:00
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