vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2021-38200: kernel: arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c allows local users to cause a DoS via a perf record command

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 8, 2021
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, on systems with perf_event_paranoid=-1 and no specific PMU driver support registered, allows local users to cause a denial of service (perf_instruction_pointer NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a "perf record" command.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
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