CVE-2016-6787
First published: Mon Dec 05 2016(Updated: )
kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 31095224.
Credit: security@android.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | <3.2.85 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.3<3.16.40 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.17<3.18.54 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.19<4.0 | |
| debian/linux | 4.19.249-2 4.19.289-2 5.10.197-1 5.10.191-1 6.1.66-1 6.1.52-1 6.5.13-1 6.6.8-1 | |
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Reference Links
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
- https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2016-12-01 (Advisory)
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6787
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