[kernel-sec-discuss] r4990 - dsa-texts

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Author: carnil
Date: 2017-02-22 12:18:57 +0000 (Wed, 22 Feb 2017)
New Revision: 4990

Modified:
   dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1
Log:
Add description for CVE-2017-6001

Modified: dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1
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--- dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1	2017-02-22 12:13:35 UTC (rev 4989)
+++ dsa-texts/3.16.39-1+deb8u1	2017-02-22 12:18:57 UTC (rev 4990)
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
     networking code, triggerable by sending bad IP options on a socket.
 
 CVE-2017-6001
+
+    Di Shen discovered a race codition between concurrent
+    sys_perf_event_open() calls in the performance subsystem, allowing a
+    local attacker to escalate privileges. This flaw exists because of
+    an incomplete fix of CVE-2016-6786.
+
 CVE-2017-6074
 
     Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the