CVE-2011-2693

The perf subsystem in the kernel package 2.6.32-122.el6.x86_64 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle NMIs, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (excessive log messages) via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 1.9 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2013-06-08

Last modified

2024-08-06

Affected products

• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688547
• https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fadca7bdc43b02f518585d9547019966415cadfd