{"id":"CVE-2016-6786","details":"kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during certain migrations, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 30955111.","modified":"2026-03-12T22:26:38.478090Z","published":"2016-12-28T07:59:00.213Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.85"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.16.40"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.54"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6786.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}