CVE-2015-9004

Published: May 2, 2017

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511

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98166

vdb-entry

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CVE-2015-9004

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