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CVE-2013-4254
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…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- USN-1970-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 54494 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1975-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1971-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1968-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1969-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1973-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1974-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130816 Re: CVE Request: linux-kernel priviledge escalation on ARM/perf (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1972-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4156 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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