CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-8967

Published: Dec 08, 2016 | Modified: Jan 19, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google * 7.0 (including)

References