CVSS 3.1
7.0 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-6001
High (7.0) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-362
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264