{"id":"CVE-2015-8963","details":"Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:46:36.127915Z","published":"2016-11-16T05:59:02Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0407-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}