Tracker / CVE-2017-6001
CVE-2017-6001
High 7.0
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 products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · 3.18.54 → 3.18.92 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.0 → 4.4.65 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.5 → 4.9.7 |
Analysis
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