CVE-2016-6187

Priority
Medium
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.
References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6187
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/09/1
Notes
 jdstrand> android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
  not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
 jdstrand> linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
 jdstrand> linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
Package
Source: linux-lts-trusty (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-wily (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source tree: https://github.com/bq/aquaris-E5
linux-vegetahd:not-affected
Package
Source: linux-lts-quantal (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Patches:
Package
Source: linux-gke (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected (4.8.0-22.24)
Patches:
Introduced by bb646cdb12e75d82258c2f2e7746d5952d3e321aFixed by 30a46a4647fd1df9cf52e43bf467f0d9265096ca
Package
Source: linux-ti-omap4 (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-raring (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-armadaxp (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-linaro-shared (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-maguro (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-xenial (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-saucy (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-hwe-edge (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected (4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-manta (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-grouper (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-linaro-vexpress (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-qcm-msm (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-vivid (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-aws (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-raspi2 (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected (4.8.0-1013.15)
Package
Source: linux-snapdragon (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected
Package
Source: linux-mako (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected
Package
Source: linux-linaro-omap (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-lts-utopic (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):not-affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):DNE
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source: linux-goldfish (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected
Package
Source: linux-hwe (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):DNE
Package
Source tree: https://github.com/bq/aquaris-E4.5
linux-krillin:not-affected
Package
Source: linux-flo (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:released (4.7~rc7)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):not-affected
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):not-affected
More Information

Updated: 2017-12-14 20:06:31 UTC (commit 13907)