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CVE-2016-6786

CVE-2016-6786

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2bhttp://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlhttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679