[kernel-sec-discuss] r4980 - dsa-texts

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Author: carnil
Date: 2017-02-22 07:29:23 +0000 (Wed, 22 Feb 2017)
New Revision: 4980

Modified:
   dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1
Log:
Add possible description for CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787

Modified: dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1
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--- dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1	2017-02-22 06:33:31 UTC (rev 4979)
+++ dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1	2017-02-22 07:29:23 UTC (rev 4980)
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or have other
 impacts.
 
-CVE-2016-6786
-CVE-2016-6787
+CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787
+
+    It was discovered that the performance subsystem does not properly
+    manage locks during certain migrations, allowing a local attacker to
+    escalate his privileges.
+
 CVE-2016-8405
 CVE-2016-9191
 CVE-2017-2583