CVE-2011-4611 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

Integer overflow in the perf_event_interrupt function in arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on powerpc platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (unhandled performance monitor exception) via vectors that trigger certain outcomes of performance events.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Linux_kernel	Linux	*	2.6.39 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	RedHat	kernel-0:2.6.32-220.7.1.el6	*
Linux	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-armadaxp	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux-ec2	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-fsl-imx51	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-lts-backport-maverick	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-lts-backport-maverick	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-lts-backport-natty	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiric	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	lucid	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	maverick	*
Linux-mvl-dove	Ubuntu	upstream	*
Linux-ti-omap4	Ubuntu	upstream	*

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4611
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html