CVE-2009-3234 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/890654 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/16/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/13 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36423