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CVE-2011-2521
CVE-kwetsbaarheidsdetails - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations
Beschrijving
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.