ghsa-xpgm-72rm-72p4
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:07
Modified
2025-10-22 03:30
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-2094"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-05-14T20:55:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.",
  "id": "GHSA-xpgm-72rm-72p4",
  "modified": "2025-10-22T03:30:33Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:07:37Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html"
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html"
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      "url": "http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758"
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}


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