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HistoryFeb 18, 2017 - 9:40 p.m.

CVE-2017-6001

2017-02-1821:40:00
mitre
www.cve.org
4

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

39.5%

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.