CVE-2013-2094 - Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability Name

Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description

Linux kernel fails to check all 64 bits of attr.config passed by user space, resulting to out-of-bounds access of the perf_swevent_enabled array in sw_perf_event_destroy(). Explotation allows for privilege escalation.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Unknown

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2094