fkie_cve-2016-9754
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2017-01-05 11:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The ring_buffer_resize function in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in the profiling subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 mishandles certain integer calculations, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb file.
References
security@android.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1Release Notes
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95278Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95278Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 4.6


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