What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 2, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated

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