CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4611
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Integer overflow in the perf_event_interrupt function in arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on powerpc platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (unhandled performance monitor exception) via vectors that trigger certain outcomes of performance events.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 2.6.39)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93 git.kernel.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93 Patch, Third Party Advisory