CVE-2011-4611

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the perf_event_interrupt function in arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on powerpc platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (unhandled performance monitor exception) via vectors that trigger certain outcomes of performance events.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-189

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39Broken Link
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/15/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767914Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0837e3242c73566fc1c0196b4ec61779c25ffc93Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 17, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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