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CVE-2015-9004

Published: May 02, 2017 | Modified: Jan 19, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9004
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * *
Linux_kernel Linux 3.10.65 *
Linux_kernel Linux 3.14.29 *
Linux_kernel Linux 3.18.3 *
Linux_kernel Linux 3.12 *

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