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CVE-2016-6187
Published: Aug 6, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5
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[oss-security] 20160709 Re: CVE request: apparmor: oops in apparmor_setprocattr()
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[linux-kernel] 20160708 [GIT PULL] Fix for AppArmor oops in apparmor_setprocattr()
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383
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91696
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