The vulnerability in the kernel/events/core.c component of the operating system allows a hacker to increase their privileges.

The vulnerability in the kernel/events/core.c component of the Linux operating system exists due to insufficient checking of resource states when resources can be shared among different processes. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges by using a...

USN-3312-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Cloud Foundry

Severity Medium Vendor Canonical Ubuntu Versions Affected Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 Description USN-3312-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.0...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3312-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3312-1 advisory. It was discovered that the netfilter netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate batch messages. A local attacker with the...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:1372 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

3.10.0-514.21.1.OL7 - Oracle Linux certificates Alexey Petrenko - Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel [email protected] - Update x509.genkey bug 24817676 3.10.0-514.21.1 - kernel sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in trytowakeup vs...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9004

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 perfpmuregister and perfeventopen functions...

EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2016-1026)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - It was found that the Linux kernel KVM subsystem's sysenter instruction emulation was not sufficient. An unprivileged guest user could use this...

Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3533)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3533 advisory. - Revert 'x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to allow new handling options' Brian Maly Orabug: 25790387 CVE-2016-9644 - Revert 'fix minor...

kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2.6.32-696.OL6 - Update genkey bug 25599697 2.6.32-696 - net dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6RECVPKTINFO Hannes Frederic Sowa 1424628 CVE-2017-6074 2.6.32-695 - block nvme: Dont poll device being removed David Milburn 1422521 2.6.32-694 - fs posixacl: Clear SGID bit when setting file...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:0294 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2017:0293 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6001

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 perfeventopen system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fi...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6001

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 perfeventopen system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fi...

PT-2017-2358 · Linux +4 · Linux Kernel +4

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.9.7 Description: The issue is related to a race condition in the kernel/events/core.c component of the Linux kernel. It allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent per...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2574 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2766 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

PT-2019-16759 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.8 Description: A race condition in the perf event open function allows local attackers to leak sensitive data from setuid programs. This occurs because no relevant locks, specifically the cred guard mutex, are...

kernel, perf, python security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2016:2047 An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8955

arch/arm64/kernel/perfevent.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...

CVE-2015-8955

arch/arm64/kernel/perfevent.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...