CVE-2016-6480 describes a race condition, specifically a "double fetch" vulnerability, in the ioctl_send_fib function within the aacraid SCSI driver of the Linux kernel. This flaw allows local attackers to trigger a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by manipulating a size value. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.1, exploitation requires local access and has high attack complexity, but can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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