SB2016080602 - Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel platform chrome driver
Published: August 6, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016080602
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6156)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the ec_device_ioctl_xcmd() function in drivers/platform/chrome/cros_ec_dev.c. A local non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Jul/20
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91553
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120131
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353490
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/096cdc6f52225835ff503f987a0d68ef770bb78e