CVE-2015-8963

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data structure during a CPU unplug operation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362 CWE-416

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=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94207Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ca6ad2e3a896256f086497a7c7406a547ee373Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 16, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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