UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8955

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8955

    Published: 10 Oct 2016Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8955

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8955, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071, http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3360-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8955

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-125.174

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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