UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6187
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:43:35Z
Published
2016-08-06T20:59:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:51Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-hwe

Package

Name
linux-hwe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe@4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1

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Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187.json"