Security Advisory

CVE-2021-38200

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-08-08 19:27:29
Last updated 2024-08-04 01:37:16
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, on systems with perf_event_paranoid=-1 and no specific PMU driver support registered, allows local users to cause a denial of service (perf_instruction_pointer NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a "perf record" command.