CVE-2021-38200

kernel: arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c allows local users to cause a DoS via a perf record command

Published Aug 8, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, on systems with perf_event_paranoid=-1 and no specific PMU driver support registered, allows local users to cause a denial of service (perf_instruction_pointer NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a "perf record" command.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-24658 arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, on systems with perf_event_paranoid=-1 and no specific PMU driver support registered, allows local users to cause a denial of service (perf_instruction_pointer NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a "perf record" command.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5070-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:37 AM
Reserved
Aug 8, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 8, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:01 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 18, 2021, 12:00 AM