Security Advisory
CVE-2016-6187
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
The apparmor_setprocattr function in security/apparmor/lsm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.5 does not validate the buffer size, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.
Published Date
August 6, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory