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EUVD-2016-7120 · Published Aug 6, 2016
The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.
Technologies
Linux Linux Kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-264CWE-119
CVSS scores
- v3.17.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - v2.07.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Privilege Escalation
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146793642811929&w=2
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91696
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383
Potentially impacted assets
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