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CVE-2011-4611

Published: May 17, 2012

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

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Description

Integer overflow in the perf_event_interrupt function in arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on powerpc platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (unhandled performance monitor exception) via vectors that trigger certain outcomes of performance events.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

[oss-security] 20111215 Re: CVE request - kernel: perf, powerpc: Handle events that raise an exception without overflowing

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http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914

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