CVE-2011-2918

CVSS V2 Medium 4.9 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
Description
The Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not properly handle event overflows associated with PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK events, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2918
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-05-24T23:55:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-13T04:32:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 4.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=a8b0ca17b80e92faab46ee7179ba9e99ccb61233 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/16/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730706 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2918
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2918
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:38:59 Added to TrackCVE
2023-02-13 05:04:47 2023-02-13T04:32:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 05:04:48 Analyzed Modified Vulnerability Status updated