CVE-2017-6001
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 18, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 15, 2017
Description
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.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 96264vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- RHSA-2017:2669vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:1854vendor-advisory
- 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
- RHSA-2017:2077vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:1842vendor-advisory
- DSA-3791vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20170216 Linux: CVE-2017-6001: Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786: perf/core: Fix concurrent sys_perf_event_open() vs. 'move_group' racemailing-list
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