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CVE-2013-4254

Published: Aug 25, 2013

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The validate_event function in arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.8 on the ARM platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by adding a hardware event to an event group led by a software event.

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

References

vendor-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878

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vendor-advisory

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b

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vendor-advisory

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[oss-security] 20130816 Re: CVE Request: linux-kernel priviledge escalation on ARM/perf

mailing-list

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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8

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vendor-advisory

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