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GHSA-xr3h-hfcp-qxhf
GHSA-xr3h-hfcp-qxhf
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2521 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228 url
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 url
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/4 url
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e fix