CVE-2015-8955

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071Issue Tracking, Patch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071Issue Tracking, Patch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93314Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, URL Repurposed
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8fff105e13041e49b82f92eef034f363a6b1c071Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 10, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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