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CVE-2016-6187
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-08-06T20:59:10.800 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:36.293

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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