fkie_cve-2016-6787
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-12-28 07:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 31095224.
References
security@android.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bPatch, Vendor Advisory
security@android.comhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
security@android.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *


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