vulnerability

F5 Networks: CVE-2017-6001: K24578092: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2017-6001

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 18, 2017
Added
Jul 3, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786.

Solution

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