CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-9004
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.95)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.10.65 < 3.10.105)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.12 < 3.12.68)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.14.29 < 3.16.35)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.18.3 < 3.18.52)
• google android (<= 7.1.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98166 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98166 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Vendor Advisory