{"id":"CVE-2016-6787","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6787","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:14.327Z","title":"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 31095224.","description":"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 31095224.","published":"2016-12-28T07:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00429,"percentile":0.36961,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94679","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403842","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6787","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}