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Debian: CVE-2015-8966: linux -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Dec 8, 2016

Added

Jul 30, 2024

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux

References

CVE-2015-8966
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2015-8966
EUVD-EUVD-2015-8822
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8822

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