VOMIT (go/vomit) has received an external vulnerability report for the Linux kernel.
Advisory: CVE-2015-9004
Details: http://vomit.googleplex.com/advisory?id=CVE/CVE-2015-9004
CVSS severity score: 9.3/10.0
Description:
kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.
This bug was filed by http://go/vomit
Please contact us at vomit-team@google.com if you need any assistance.
Comment 1 by aarya@google.com
, May 15 2017Labels: Security_Severity-High Security_Impact-Stable Pri-1
Owner: groeck@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Untriaged)