CVE-2016-6786 in Ubuntu

CVE-2016-6786

Priority

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 30955111.

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6786

Notes

tyhicks> The fix listed below is incomplete. See CVE-2017-6001 for details.

Package

Source: linux (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	ignored (was needed ESM criteria)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	needed
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.2.0-16.19)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.13.0-16.19)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-20.21)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-10.11)

Patches:

Introduced by 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by f63a8daa5812afef4f06c962351687e1ff9ccb2b

Package

Source: linux-armadaxp (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was needed)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-aws (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	not-affected (4.4.0-1002.2)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.4.0-1001.10)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1001.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1007.7)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-1002.3)

Package

Source: linux-aws-hwe (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.15.0-1030.31~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-azure (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	not-affected (4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.11.0-1009.9)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1002.2)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1009.9)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-1003.3)

Package

Source: linux-azure-edge (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.13.0-1003.3)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.18.0-1006.6~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-euclid (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.4.0-9019.20)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-flo (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-gcp (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.10.0-1004.4)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1001.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1006.6)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-1002.3)

Package

Source: linux-gcp-edge (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.18.0-1004.5~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-gke (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.4.0-1003.3)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-goldfish (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-grouper (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-hwe (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-hwe-edge (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source tree: https://github.com/bq/aquaris-E4.5

linux-krillin:

ignored (was needed now end-of-life)

Package

Source: linux-kvm (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.4.0-1004.9)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1002.2)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1008.8)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-1003.3)

Package

Source: linux-linaro-omap (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [abandoned])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-linaro-shared (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [abandoned])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-linaro-vexpress (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [abandoned])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-quantal (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [end-of-life])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Patches:

Package

Source: linux-lts-raring (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [end-of-life])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-saucy (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [end-of-life])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-trusty (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	ignored (was needed ESM criteria)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-utopic (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored (end-of-life)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-vivid (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored (was needed now end-of-life)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-wily (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored (end-of-life)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-lts-xenial (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	not-affected (4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-maguro (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-mako (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	ignored (abandoned)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-manta (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	ignored
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-oem (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.13.0-1008.9)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1002.3)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1004.5)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.15.0-1021.24)

Package

Source: linux-oracle (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.15.0-1007.9)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.15.0-1007.9)

Package

Source: linux-qcm-msm (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was ignored [abandoned])
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-raspi2 (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.2.0-1013.19)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	not-affected (4.13.0-1005.5)
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	not-affected (4.15.0-1010.11)
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	not-affected (4.18.0-1005.7)

Package

Source: linux-snapdragon (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	not-affected (4.4.0-1012.12)
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source: linux-ti-omap4 (LP Ubuntu Debian)

Upstream:	released (4.0~rc1)
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):	DNE (precise was needed)
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):	DNE
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):	DNE
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish):	DNE
Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo):	DNE

Package

Source tree: https://github.com/bq/aquaris-E5

linux-vegetahd:

ignored (was needed now end-of-life)

More Information

Updated: 2019-02-04 19:14:27 UTC (commit a8b90c0beb5da58b7707abd95bcc0a3fccdd1e83)