CVE-2011-2521
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 24, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 15, 2011
Description
The x86_assign_hw_event function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c in the Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly calculate counter values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via the perf program.
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
- [oss-security] 20110706 Re: CVE request: kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initializationmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228
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