CVE-2016-6786

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-12-28 07:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-11-04 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

References

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

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

DSA-3791

94679

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

Issue Tracking

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

Patch, Vendor Advisory

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.