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FKIE_CVE-2015-8955

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-10-10 10:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35

Severity

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.

References

URL	Tags
security@android.com	http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071	Issue Tracking, Patch
security@android.com	http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html	Vendor Advisory
security@android.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
security@android.com	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071	Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
google	android	7.0

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CVE-2015-8955 (GCVE-0-2015-8955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-10-10 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

google_android Google root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2015-03-19 00:00

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CVE-2015-8955 (GCVE-0-2015-8955)

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