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CVE-2016-5728

Race condition in the vop_ioctl function in drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by changing a certain header, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

  • Published: Jun 27, 2016
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5728
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.4
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x
linux / linux_kernel - 4.6.x