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CVE-2016-6136

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6136 is a race condition in the Linux kernel (through version 4.7) affecting the audit_log_single_execve_arg function, allowing local users to bypass character-set restrictions or disrupt system-call auditing. It has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 1,295 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-642.15.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-514.rt56.420.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6136Moderate

kernel: Race condition vulnerability in execve argv arguments

Jul 4, 2016

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Issue TrackingPatch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0307.html
bugzilla.kernel.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645c
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538835/30/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/91558