Tracker / CVE-2016-9754
CVE-2016-9754
High 7.8
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.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.11 → 3.12.61 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.13 → 3.14.71 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.15 → 3.16.37 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.17 → 3.18.35 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.19 → 4.1.26 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.5 → 3.10.102 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.2 → 4.4.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.5 → 4.5.6 |
Analysis
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