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CVE-2016-6130

kernel: Race condition in sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function leads to information leak

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.2

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 · 2.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 · 1.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition