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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-18 21:40Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-02-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 55905b2b16e33b822b0618cf3f4c34c0d5a8656ad3f04771298f79252410d581
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com96264http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96264
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422825
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1854https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.7
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-11-01
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=321027c1fe77f892f4ea07846aeae08cefbbb290
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- www.debian.orgDSA-3791http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170216 Linux: CVE-2017-6001: Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-6786: perf/core: Fix concurrent sys_perf_event_open() vs. 'move_group' racehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/16/1
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- linux Fixed in 4.9.7-1
- linux-lts Fixed in 4.9.13-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.9.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.9.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.9.10-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-79.100
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1018.27
- linux-gke Fixed in 4.4.0-1014.14
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.4.0-1057.64
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.4.0-1059.63
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-oem No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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