CVE-2016-6187

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 6, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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