Race condition vulnerability in Linux kernel before 4.4 allows privilege escalation and denial of service through incorrect handling of swevent data structure during CPU unplug operation
CVE-2015-8963 · HIGH Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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