CVE-2015-9004

high
Published 2017-05-02 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
7.8

Description

kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 mishandles counter grouping, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9004

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9004.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.7-ckt7-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.7-ckt7-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.7-ckt7-1
debian debiansidfixed3.16.7-ckt7-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.7-ckt7-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.95

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.