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CVE-2015-8955

Date: October 10, 2016

arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8955
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8955
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8955

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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