VDB
CVE-2015-8963
CVE-2015-8963
PUBLISHED
Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.
EPSS 0.09% · 25.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.09%
25.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | 6.11.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.17~24.04.1, * |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe-edge | 5.0.0-16.17~18.04.1, 5.0.0-17.18~18.04.1, 5.0.0-20.21~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 0, 5.15.0-1014.16, 5.15.0-1015.17 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 6.8.0-2019.20, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 5.4.0-1006.6, 5.4.0-1004.4, 5.3.0-1017.19 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-oem | 4.15.0-1013.16, 0, 4.15.0-1103.114 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 6.8.1-1015.16, 0 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 5.15.0-1073.75, 0 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | 6.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-87.133, 3.13.0-88.135, 3.13.0-93.140 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 5.15.0-1032.35, 0 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1, 5.3.0-46.38~18.04.1, 5.3.0-53.47~18.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1071.75, 0, 5.4.0-1008.9 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | 5.15.0-1021.26~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1029.36~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1030.37~20.04.1.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1033.35, 0, 5.4.0-1035.37 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | 6.11.0-17.17~24.04.2, 6.11.0-26.26~24.04.1, 6.11.0-29.29~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-31.35, 5.4.0-24.28, 5.4.0-34.38 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 6.8.0-58.60.1, 6.8.0-59.61.1, 6.8.0-60.63.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | linux-azure | 4.18.0-1011.11~18.04.1, 4.15.0-1004.4, 4.15.0-1002.2 |
…and 2 more
Timeline
- Nov 16, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8963 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373 third-party-advisory
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8963 third-party-advisory