{"id":"CVE-2016-9754","details":"The ring_buffer_resize function in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in the profiling subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 mishandles certain integer calculations, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb file.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:23:13.616894Z","published":"2017-01-05T11:59:00.193Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.6.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95278"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.5"},{"fixed":"3.10.102"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.12.61"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.13"},{"fixed":"3.14.71"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.15"},{"fixed":"3.16.37"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.35"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.26"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.12"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.5.6"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.6"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9754.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}