CVE-2016-6786

Published: Dec 28, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111.

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

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842

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94679

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

DSA-3791

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

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CVE-2016-6786

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