Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in FreeBSD Kernel's Linux Compatibility Layer

CVE-2016-1881 · HIGH Severity

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

The kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially gain privilege via a crafted Linux compatibility layer setgroups system call.

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