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CVE-2017-6001 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.12% · 30.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.12%
30.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-oem4.15.0-1018.21, 4.15.0-1101.112, 4.15.0-1100.110
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-27.31, 5.4.0-26.30, 5.4.0-24.28
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-xenial4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1, 4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2, 4.4.0-64.85~14.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1030.31, 4.15.0-1028.29, 4.15.0-1025.26
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux4.4.0-6.21, 0, 4.2.0-16.19
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-gke0, 4.4.0-1003.3, 4.4.0-1005.6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-snapdragon4.4.0-1046.50, 4.4.0-1044.48, 4.4.0-1042.46
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime5.15.0-1032.35, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1, 0, 4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-aws4.4.0-1012.21, 4.4.0-1011.20, 4.4.0-1017.26
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1018.21, 5.15.0-1007.7, 5.15.0-1008.8
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-raspi20, 4.4.0-1055.62, 4.4.0-1054.61
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime0, 5.15.0-1073.75
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1065.68+cvm2.1, 0, 5.4.0-1063.66+cvm2.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.15.0-1005.5, 4.15.0-1003.3, 4.15.0-1001.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1091.98, 5.4.0-1094.101, 5.4.0-1095.102
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1, 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1, 4.8.0-46.49~16.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.4.0-1006.6, 5.4.0-1004.4, 5.3.0-1017.19
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe-edge0, 5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1, 5.0.0-16.17~18.04.1

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