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CVE-2016-6136

Description

Race condition in the audit_log_single_execve_arg function in kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to bypass intended character-set restrictions or disrupt system-call auditing by changing a certain string, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability. #### Notes Author| Note ---|--- [jdstrand](<https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand>) | android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support [sbeattie](<https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie>) | allows corruption of audit logs


Affected Package


OS OS Version Package Name Package Version
ubuntu 14.04 linux 3.13.0-98.145
ubuntu 16.04 linux 4.4.0-38.57
ubuntu upstream linux 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-armadaxp 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-aws 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-flo 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-gke 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-goldfish 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-grouper 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-hwe 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-hwe-edge 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-linaro-omap 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-linaro-shared 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-linaro-vexpress 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-quantal 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-raring 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-saucy 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-trusty 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-utopic 4.8~rc1
ubuntu 14.04 linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-71.79~14.04.1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-vivid 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-wily 4.8~rc1
ubuntu 14.04 linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1
ubuntu upstream linux-lts-xenial 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-maguro 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-mako 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-manta 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-qcm-msm 4.8~rc1
ubuntu 16.04 linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1023.29
ubuntu upstream linux-raspi2 4.8~rc1
ubuntu 16.04 linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1026.29
ubuntu upstream linux-snapdragon 4.8~rc1
ubuntu upstream linux-ti-omap4 4.8~rc1

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