Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8963
7
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
November 16, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory