CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6786
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.85)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.16.40)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.54)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.0)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b Patch, Vendor Advisory