Published: 18/02/2017 Updated: 09/02/2024

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

Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...

Synopsis Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring S ...

Debian Bug report logs - #852556 linux-image-490-1-amd64: [Regression] Trendnet's TU-ET100C Pegasus II based LAN to USB adapter stopped to work Package: src:linux; Maintainer for src:linux is Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@listsdebianorg>; Reported by: Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer <lisandro@debianorg> ...

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or have other impacts CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787 It was discovered that the performance events subsystem does not properly manage locks during certain migrations, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileg ...

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

It was found that the original fix for CVE-2016-6786 was incomplete There exist a race between two concurrent sys_perf_event_open() calls when both try and move the same pre-existing software group into a hardware context ...

Race condition in kernel/events/corec in the Linux kernel before 497 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 ...

CWE-362 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 https://nvd.nist.gov https://usn.ubuntu.com/3312-2/https://www.debian.org/security/./dsa-3791

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