CVE-2013-2146

medium

Published 2013-06-07 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.7

Description

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9, when the Performance Events Subsystem is enabled, specifies an incorrect bitmask, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) by attempting to set a reserved bit.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Linux kernel Affected 9 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
3.8.7	Affected	—
3.8.6	Affected	—
3.8.5	Affected	—
3.8.4	Affected	—
3.8.3	Affected	—
3.8.2	Affected	—
3.8.1	Affected	—
3.8.0	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.9.4-1`
sid	Fixed	`3.9.4-1`
forky	Fixed	`3.9.4-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.9.4-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.9.4-1`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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