Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

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.

  • Published: Feb 18, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-6001
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.6
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 4.5 4.9.7
linux / linux_kernel 4.0 4.4.65
linux / linux_kernel 3.18.54 3.18.92