CVE-2015-8966

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@android.com

Published

2016-12-08

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94673
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=76cc404bfdc0d419c720de4daaf2584542734f42
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/76cc404bfdc0d419c720de4daaf2584542734f42