CVEs-PoC/2011/CVE-2011-2918.md

CVE-2011-2918

Description

The Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not properly handle event overflows associated with PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK events, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application.

POC

Reference

• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1

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