CVE-2015-8963

 

Published at: - 16-11-2016 06:59

Last modified: - 21-09-2022 08:44

Total changes: - 2

Description

Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
• 94207-

 

Keywords

NVD

 

CVE-2015-8963

 

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