CVE-2015-8967

high
Published 2016-12-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
7.8

Description

arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0 allows local users to bypass the "strict page permissions" protection mechanism and modify the system-call table, and consequently gain privileges, by leveraging write access.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8967

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c623b33b4e9599c6ac5076f7db7369eb9869aa04

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.0.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.0.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.0.2-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.