CVE-2017-6001

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.
Race Condition
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7 HIGH
LOCAL
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 30%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
3.18.54 ≤
𝑥
< 3.18.92
linuxlinux_kernel
4.0 ≤
𝑥
< 4.4.65
linuxlinux_kernel
4.5 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.106-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.112-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.226-1
fixed
sid
6.11.6-1
fixed
trixie
6.11.5-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
linux
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
precise
ignored
trusty
not-affected
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-79.100
released
yakkety
ignored
zesty
not-affected
linux-armadaxp
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-aws
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
precise
dne
trusty
not-affected
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1018.27
released
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-aws-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-aws-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-aws-fips
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-aws-hwe
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
linux-azure
artful
dne
bionic
ignored
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
not-affected
xenial
not-affected
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-azure-4.15
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-azure-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-azure-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-azure-fde
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-azure-fde-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-azure-fips
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-bluefield
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-euclid
artful
dne
bionic
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
zesty
dne
linux-fips
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-flo
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
yakkety
ignored
zesty
dne
linux-gcp
artful
dne
bionic
ignored
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-gcp-4.15
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-gcp-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-gcp-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-gcp-fips
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
linux-gke
artful
dne
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1014.14
released
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-gkeop
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-gkeop-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-goldfish
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
yakkety
ignored
zesty
ignored
linux-grouper
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-hwe
artful
dne
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
released
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-hwe-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-hwe-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-hwe-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-hwe-edge
artful
dne
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2
released
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-ibm
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-ibm-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-ibm-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel-iot-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel-iotg
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-intel-iotg-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-iot
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-kvm
artful
dne
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-omap
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-shared
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-linaro-vexpress
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lowlatency
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-lts-quantal
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-raring
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-saucy
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-trusty
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-utopic
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-vivid
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
ignored
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-wily
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-lts-xenial
artful
dne
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1
released
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-maguro
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-mako
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
yakkety
ignored
zesty
dne
linux-manta
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-nvidia
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-nvidia-6.5
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-nvidia-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-nvidia-lowlatency
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oem
artful
dne
bionic
ignored
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
zesty
dne
linux-oem-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle
bionic
not-affected
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
not-affected
linux-oracle-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-oracle-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-qcm-msm
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-raspi
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi-5.4
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-raspi2
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
focal
ignored
jammy
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1057.64
released
yakkety
ignored
zesty
not-affected
linux-realtime
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
ignored
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv
bionic
dne
focal
ignored
jammy
ignored
noble
not-affected
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-5.15
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
dne
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-riscv-6.8
bionic
dne
focal
dne
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
linux-snapdragon
artful
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
focal
dne
jammy
dne
noble
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1059.63
released
yakkety
Fixed 4.4.0-1059.63
released
zesty
Fixed 4.4.0-1059.63
released
linux-ti-omap4
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
ignored
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
yakkety
dne
zesty
dne
linux-xilinx-zynqmp
bionic
dne
focal
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
noble
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01