Description (CNA)
Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
ADP enrichment
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