CVE-2015-8967

high

Description

arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "strict page permissions" protection mechanism and modify the system-call table, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging write access.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94680

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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