fkie_cve-2015-8967
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-12-08 21:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "strict page permissions" protection mechanism and modify the system-call table, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging write access.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| android | * | ||
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
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Sightings
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|---|
Nomenclature
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