CVE-2015-8967: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 7.0
• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.18.54; from 3.19, up to and including 3.19.8

Published 2016-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.