CVE-2016-6187
—CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
EPSS
2%p83
Published
()
Modified
Description
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.
- Vendors
- linux
- Products
- linux kernel
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-264
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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