CVE
- Id
- 96574
- CVE No.
- CVE-2016-9754
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- 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.
- Phase
- Assigned (20161201)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments