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Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions *

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELRTKVM-1965988
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 25 Apr 2016
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Introduced: 25 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-6130 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-367 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-rt-kvm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.