CVEs-PoC/2015/CVE-2015-8955.md

### [CVE-2015-8955](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8955)
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### Description

arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1 on arm64 platforms allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via vectors involving events that are mishandled during a span of multiple HW PMUs.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon