CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-4254

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2013-08-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-08-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

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 configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 3.10.7) • linux linux kernel 3.10.0 • linux linux kernel 3.10.1 • linux linux kernel 3.10.2 • linux linux kernel 3.10.3 • linux linux kernel 3.10.4 • linux linux kernel 3.10.5 • linux linux kernel 3.10.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References