CVE-2013-4254
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The validate_event function in arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.8 on the ARM platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by adding a hardware event to an event group led by a software event.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4156)
- Published
- August 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4156 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54494
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/6
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1968-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1969-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1975-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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