Description
A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a kernel
kernel 5.10-rc3affected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1895961 ↗
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/11/09/1 ↗
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bdb157cdebbf95a1cd94ed2e01b338714075d00 ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00015.html ↗
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00027.html ↗
- https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220802-0003/ ↗