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CVE-2015-9004

CVE-2015-9004

EPSS 0.8%
kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98166