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CVE-2016-9793

This is a proof-of-concept Local Privilege Escalaption exploit for CVE-2016-9793 — a vulnerability I found in the SO_SNDBUFFORCE and SO_RCVBUFFORCE socket options implementation. Requires CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

Timeline:

  • 1 Dec 2016 — Bug reported to security@kernel org
  • 2 Dec 2016 — Mainline fix is committed
  • 22 Mar 2017 — This exploit is published