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CVE-2013-4254

CVE-2013-4254

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144bhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878http://secunia.com/advisories/54494https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144bhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/6http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1968-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1969-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1