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CVSSv3

CVE-2016-9754

Published: 05/01/2017 Updated: 17/01/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 642
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

The ring_buffer_resize function in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in the profiling subsystem in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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References

CWE-190https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.htmlhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95278https://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3422-2/
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