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CVE-2015-8955

CVE-2015-8955

EPSS 0.2%
arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314