Description
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c in the Linux kernel before 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.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971309 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 ↗
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/23 ↗