Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2011-2521 First vendor Publication 2012-05-24
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The x86_assign_hw_event function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c in the Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly calculate counter values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via the perf program.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2521

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1384

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-07-09 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2011:1350-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2011_1350-01_kernel.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
76177 Linux Kernel Performance Events NMI Watchdog Local DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-1350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20111005_kernel_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-10-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2011-1350.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CONFIRM http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7b...
MISC http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3...
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/4

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