What is CVE-2016-6480?

CVE-2016-6480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2016-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-6480?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-6480 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-6480

Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a certain size value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2016-08-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539074/30/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00053.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92214 (vdb-entry)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00048.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html (vendor-advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0817.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00054.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6480?: CVE-2016-6480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2016-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-6480?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-6480 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.