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CVE-2015-8963
HIGH · CVSS 7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-11-16T05:59:02.890 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:34.543

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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