7.3
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-8955

Published: 10/10/2016 Updated: 05/10/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.3 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.3
VMScore: 614
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #770492 linux-image-3160-4-686-pae: chown removes securitycapability xattr on other users' files (CVE-2015-1350) Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Affects: wireshark-common, iputils-ping, fping Reported by: Ben Harris <bjh21@cama ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
arch/arm64/kernel/perf_eventc in the Linux kernel before 41 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs ...