Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.6.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
3.36% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004499
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Aug 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-6187  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.6.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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