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CVE-2016-6187

CVE-2016-6187

EPSS 2.4%
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
n/a · n/a
public PoCs found — 3
githubgithub.com/Milo-D/CVE-2016-6187_LPE★ 7githubgithub.com/vnik5287/cve-2016-6187-poc★ 5exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/44301unverified
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096cahttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=146793642811929&w=2https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354383https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096cahttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.5http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91696