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LIN8-4873 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2015-8955

Created: Oct 16, 2016    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Oct 19, 2016
Found In Version: 8.0
Fix Version: 8.0.0.11
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8955

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