PT-2016-6792 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Vegard Nossum · Published 2016-07-28 · Updated 2025-09-29 · CVE-2016-6187

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.5

Description The issue concerns the apparmor setprocattr function in the Linux kernel, which does not validate the buffer size. This allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an AppArmor setprocattr hook.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.6.5, update to version 4.6.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2025_16880

ALT-PU-2016-1795

CVE-2016-6187

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 101

• 🔥 https://github.com/Milo-D/CVE-2016-6187_LPE · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/vnik5287/cve-2016-6187-poc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/44301 · Exploit
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10128-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6187 · Security Note
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6187 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6187 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1180 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2954 · Note