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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-06T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.649Z

Reserved: 2016-07-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-6187

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-08-06T20:59:10.800

Modified: 2023-01-17T21:15:40.233

Link: CVE-2016-6187

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6187 - Bugzilla