CVE-2021-38200
Published
CVSS v3
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS v2
2.1
LOW
Affected
1
PROJECT
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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