CVE-2011-4611

Description

Integer overflow in the perf_event_interrupt function in arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on powerpc platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (unhandled performance monitor exception) via vectors that trigger certain outcomes of performance events.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3