Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1