{"id":"CVE-2017-6001","details":"Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:34.201357777Z","published":"2017-02-18T21:59:00.193Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"3.18.54"},{"fixed":"3.18.92"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.0"},{"fixed":"4.4.65"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.9.7"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-6001.json"}}],"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"}]}