CVE-2016-6130
kernel: Race condition in sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function leads to information leak
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · April 25, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 2.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 · 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition