[CVE-2016-5728] Double-Fetch Vulnerability in Linux-4.5/drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_virtio.c

[wpengfeinudt () gmail com]

I found this double-fetch vulnerability when I was doing my research on double-fetch issue analysis, and I’d like to 
make an anouncement here. 

This was found in Linux kernel file Linux-4.5/drivers/misc/mic/host/mic_virtio.c, and crafted user space data change 
under race condition will lead to consequences like over-boundary access on the kernel buffer, information leakage or 
kernel crash.
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1. Affected Versions: Linux Kernel 4.5 and earlier versions.

2. Detailed description: Kernel Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116651

3. Patch: This has been confirmed by the maintainers and  patched in the new version: 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9bf292bfca94694a721449e3fd752493856710f6

4. CVE: The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2016-5728 to this issue. This 
is an entry on the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5728), which standardizes names for 
security problems.

Kind regards
Pengfei Wang