CVE-2013-2094
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-05-14 20:00
Modified
2025-05-01 03:55
Severity ?
8.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fNot Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.cExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9Not Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.osvdb.org/93361Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iwThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.cExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/93361Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iwThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
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