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Alpine Linux: CVE-2013-2930: kernel multiple vulnerabilities

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2013-2930: kernel multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/12/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
09/22/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-linux-grsec

References

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