Published: 07/06/2013 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.7 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 419

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c in the Linux kernel prior to 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) by attempting to set a reserved bit.

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Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat OpenStack 30The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security i ...

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intelc in the Linux kernel before 389, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) by attempting to set a reserved bit ...

CWE-20 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/23 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971309 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1264 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1879-1/https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-2146

CVE-2013-2146

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