CVE-2013-4254

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.10.7; 3.10.0, 3.10.1, 3.10.2, 3.10.3, 3.10.4, 3.10.5 (+1)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b
http://secunia.com/advisories/54494
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1968-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1969-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1975-1

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