CVE-2013-4254

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.

Date published : 2013-08-24

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8