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.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 ↗
- 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 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1 ↗