Linux Compatibility Layer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2016-1880 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The Linux compatibility layer in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to read portions of kernel memory and potentially gain privilege via unspecified vectors, related to "handling of Linux futex robust lists."

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