CVE-2011-2918
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.9%
The Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not properly handle event overflows associated with PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK events, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - EPSS
- 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 60th percentile
- Published
- 2012-05-24
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/16/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730706
- torvalds/linux/commit/a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233