NVD

Id
22443  
Name
CVE-2016-9754  
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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.2  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.2  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2017-01-05  
Modified Date
2017-01-06  
Seq
2016-9754  

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Related NVD References

Id NVD Id NVD No. Reference Actions
119103 22443 CVE-2016-9754 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6  View
119104 22443 CVE-2016-9754 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1  View
119105 22443 CVE-2016-9754 95278  View
119106 22443 CVE-2016-9754 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6  View
119107 22443 CVE-2016-9754 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html  View

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