Race Condition in perf | CVE-2016-6480

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-696.el6 or higher. This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0817 .

Threat Intelligence

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0.1% (45^th percentile)

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Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-PERF-2512825
published10 Apr 2022
disclosed6 Aug 2016

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Introduced: 6 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-6480 (opens in a new tab) CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-696.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-0817.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Race Condition Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-696.el6

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