CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6001
7.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
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 configurations
• 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)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry