Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.6.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005261
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 Jan 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9754  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.6.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

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