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EUVD-2016-7689 · Published Dec 28, 2016
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 30955111.
Technologies
Linux Linux Kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-264
CVSS scores
- v3.17.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - v2.06.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
MITRE ATT&CK
InferredWhere this vulnerability fits in an attack
Privilege Escalation
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
Potentially impacted assets
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