CVE-2016-9754
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9754
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9754.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-9754
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-01-05T11:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 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
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The ringbufferresize function in kernel/trace/ringbuffer.c in the profiling subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 mishandles certain integer calculations, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffersize_kb file.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95278
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html