{"id":"CVE-2016-6786","published":"2016-12-28T07:42:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T01:43:37Z","title":"kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain…","vendor":null,"product":null,"tier":"tail","description":{"text":"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.","provenance":"source","from":"CVE.org"},"cvss":null,"epss":{"score":0.00417,"percentile":0.35843,"provenance":"source"},"cwes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}],"priority":{"score":7.2,"factors":[{"name":"EPSS percentile","points":7.17}]},"euvd":{"id":"EUVD-2016-7689","exploited":false,"provenance":"source"},"lineage":{"familyId":"fam-cve-2016-6786-family-cve-2016-6786","children":[{"from":"CVE-2016-6786","to":"CVE-2017-6001","relation":"incomplete-fix","confidence":"high","kind":"lineage","evidence":[{"kind":"text","provenance":"source","relation":"incomplete-fix","quote":"NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786.","from":"CVE.org","in":"CVE-2017-6001"},{"kind":"same-code","provenance":"machine","files":["kernel/events/core.c"],"commits":["https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290"],"basis":"shared function","functions":["SYSCALL_DEFINE5","perf_event"]}]}]}}