CVE-2013-4254
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4254
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-4254.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-4254
- Downstream
- Published
- 2013-08-25T03:27:32Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T06:23:18Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The validate_event function in arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.8 on the ARM platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by adding a hardware event to an event group led by a software event.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/54494
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1975-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/6