EDB-17769

PoC

Linux Kernel 3.0.0 - 'perf_count_sw_cpu_clock' event Denial of Service

view exploit source exploit_dbtype dosauthor Vince Weaverpublished 2011-09-01catalog exploit_db

exploited CVEs (1)

Known CVEs related to this entry.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2011-2918US	medium5.5	0.92% (60th)	Exploit	2012-05-24
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…

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