[kernel-sec-discuss] r4515 - dsa-texts

Salvatore Bonaccorso carnil at moszumanska.debian.org
Mon Jul 4 06:07:56 UTC 2016


Author: carnil
Date: 2016-07-04 06:07:54 +0000 (Mon, 04 Jul 2016)
New Revision: 4515

Modified:
   dsa-texts/3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3
Log:
add note about posible other impact

Modified: dsa-texts/3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3
===================================================================
--- dsa-texts/3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3	2016-07-04 05:04:15 UTC (rev 4514)
+++ dsa-texts/3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3	2016-07-04 06:07:54 UTC (rev 4515)
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 CVE-2016-5829
 
     A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the hiddev
-    driver, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service.
+    driver, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service or,
+    potentially escalate their privileges.
 
 CVE-2016-6130
 




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