CVE-2015-8955

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    CVE-2015-8955

    Published: 10 Oct 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High