Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-2930

The perf_trace_event_perm function in kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly restrict access to the perf subsystem, which allows local users to enable function tracing via a crafted application.

EPSS: 0.007 (47.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)