CVE-2016-9793
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- [CVE-2016-9793](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9793)  

This is a proof-of-concept local root exploit for the vulnerability in the SO\_SNDBUFFORCE and SO\_RCVBUFFORCE socket options implementation [CVE-2016-9793](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9793).
Requires CAP\_NET\_ADMIN capability.

Timeline:
* 2016-12-01: Bug reported to security@kernel org
* 2016-12-02: [Patch committed to mainline kernel](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b98b0bc8c431e3ceb4b26b0dfc8db509518fb290)
* 2017-03-22: [Exploit published](https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-9793)
