Security Advisory

CVE-2015-8966

7.8
HIGH

Vulnerability Description

arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) F_OFD_GETLK, (2) F_OFD_SETLK, or (3) F_OFD_SETLKW command in an fcntl64 system call.
Published Date December 8, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory