CVE-2015-8967

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8967
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-08 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-19 16:07:00 UTC
Descriptionarch/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Google Android All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel CVE-2015-8967 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Android Security Bulletin—December 2016 | Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
arm64: make sys_call_table const · torvalds/linux@c623b33 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671047 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2588)
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