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LIN8-4432 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2016-6187

Created: Aug 14, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Aug 17, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.9
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-6187

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