CVE-2009-3234
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 17, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 16, 2009
Description
Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a "big size data" to the perf_counter_open system call.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 36423vdb-entry
- [linux-kernel] 20090916 [patch 15/45] perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090916 CVE request: kernel: perf_counter: Fix buffer overflow in perf_copy_attr()mailing-list
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