Description
The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because a parameter is incorrectly used as a local variable.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.2
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.10.2
Published
May 18, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026