CVE-2016-6136

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 18.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-08-06 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7dc70ff9a1d8d14577dcaaf13d2d62452db2548db38bed1c9b9d320d21661487

• www.securityfocus.com91558http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91558vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/linux-audit/audit-kernel/issues/18x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2584http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2574http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.kernel.orghttps://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120681x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353533x_refsource_CONFIRM
• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20160704 [CVE-2016-6136] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.6/kernel/auditsc.chttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538835/30/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=43761473c254b45883a64441dd0bc85a42f3645cx_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0307http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0307.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT