Permissions, privileges, and access controls in Linux kernel - CVE-2015-8966
Published: December 8, 2016 / Updated: December 10, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92447
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8966
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to permissions, privileges, and access controls error within the sys_oabi_fcntl64() function in arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8966
Install update from vendor's repository.