CVE-2016-9754

Name	CVE-2016-9754
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	buster	4.19.249-2	fixed
	buster (security)	4.19.269-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.158-2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.162-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.15-1	fixed
	sid	6.1.20-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	wheezy	(not affected)
linux	source	jessie	3.16.39-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.6.1-1

Notes

[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/59643d1535eb220668692a5359de22545af579f6 (v4.7-rc1)