CVE-2015-8966 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8