cve-2017-6001
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-18 21:40
Modified
2024-08-05 15:18
Severity ?
Summary
Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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