Candidate: CVE-2011-2521
PublicDate: 2012-05-24 23:55:00 UTC
References: 
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2521
 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1350.html
Description:
 The x86_assign_hw_event function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c in the
 Performance Events subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not
 properly calculate counter values, which allows local users to cause a
 denial of service (panic) via the perf program.
Ubuntu-Description: 
Notes: 
Bugs: 
 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2521
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Li Yu
Assigned-to: 
CVSS: 

Patches_linux:
 break-fix: 41bf498949a263fa0b2d32524b89d696ac330e94 fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e
upstream_linux: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux: not-affected
lucid_linux: not-affected
maverick_linux: not-affected
natty_linux: not-affected
devel_linux: not-affected (2.6.39-0.1)

Patches_linux-ec2:
upstream_linux-ec2: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-ec2: DNE
lucid_linux-ec2: not-affected
maverick_linux-ec2: ignored (binary supplied by "linux" now)
natty_linux-ec2: DNE
devel_linux-ec2: DNE

Patches_linux-mvl-dove:
upstream_linux-mvl-dove: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-mvl-dove: DNE
lucid_linux-mvl-dove: not-affected
maverick_linux-mvl-dove: not-affected
natty_linux-mvl-dove: DNE
devel_linux-mvl-dove: DNE

Patches_linux-ti-omap4:
upstream_linux-ti-omap4: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-ti-omap4: DNE
lucid_linux-ti-omap4: DNE
maverick_linux-ti-omap4: not-affected
natty_linux-ti-omap4: not-affected
devel_linux-ti-omap4: not-affected (3.0.0-1200.1)

Patches_linux-lts-backport-maverick:
upstream_linux-lts-backport-maverick: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-lts-backport-maverick: DNE
lucid_linux-lts-backport-maverick: not-affected
maverick_linux-lts-backport-maverick: DNE
natty_linux-lts-backport-maverick: DNE
devel_linux-lts-backport-maverick: DNE

Patches_linux-fsl-imx51:
upstream_linux-fsl-imx51: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-fsl-imx51: DNE
lucid_linux-fsl-imx51: not-affected
maverick_linux-fsl-imx51: DNE
natty_linux-fsl-imx51: DNE
devel_linux-fsl-imx51: DNE

Patches_linux-lts-backport-natty:
upstream_linux-lts-backport-natty: released (2.6.39~rc1)
hardy_linux-lts-backport-natty: DNE
lucid_linux-lts-backport-natty: not-affected
maverick_linux-lts-backport-natty: DNE
natty_linux-lts-backport-natty: DNE
devel_linux-lts-backport-natty: DNE