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CVE-2011-2918

CVSS v3.1 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.05 % (18th)
0.05% Progress
Affected Products 1
Advisories 18
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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.

Weaknesses
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2012-05-24 23:55:02
(12 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:32:10
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 3.1 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 3.1