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CVE-2017-6001 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7 CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-6001
NVD Published Date:
02/18/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE