ubuntu-cve-2016-6187
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-08-06 20:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:23Z",
"published": "2016-08-06T20:59:00Z",
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"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:35Z"
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