CVE-2015-8963
high
CVSS v3
7.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 3.2.85 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.4.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.4.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.4.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.4.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.4.2-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8963.html
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8963
CWEs
CWE-362 CWE-416
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