CVE-2009-3234

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a "big size data" to the perf_counter_open system call.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3234 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue only affected kernels version v2.6.31-rc1 and later. Therefore this issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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