CVE-2022-1729

CVE-2022-1729 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel perf_event_open() within the perf subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to gain root privileges, with potential follow-on impacts such as information leaks or arbitrary code execution as implied by multiple sources. C...

CVE-2017-6001

CVE-2017-6001 is a Linux kernel race condition in the perf_events subsystem. The initial description notes a race between concurrent perf_event_open calls for moving a software group into a hardware context, allowing local privilege escalation and tied to an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786. Conn...

CVE-2015-8967

From connected documents: CVE-2015-8967 affects the Linux kernel's arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c prior to version 4.0. Local users with write access can bypass the kernel’s strict page permissions and modify the system-call table to gain privileges, implying local privilege escalation. A patch/commit a...