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CVSSv3

CVE-2015-8963

Published: 16/11/2016 Updated: 14/12/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.6 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 4.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1
VMScore: 677
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel prior to 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.

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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 ...
Race condition in kernel/events/corec in the Linux kernel before 44 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via use-after-free vulnerability by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation ...