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Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting perf package, versions <0:2.6.32-696.el6

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PERF-1511745
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Jan 2016
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Introduced: 25 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-2069  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 perf to version 0:2.6.32-696.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:0817.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU.

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