CVE-2015-8966 (GCVE-0-2015-8966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-08 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36
VLAI
Summary
arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) F_OFD_GETLK, (2) F_OFD_SETLK, or (3) F_OFD_SETLKW command in an fcntl64 system call.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-12-29 00:00
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