Linux PowerPC Pointer Dereferencing DoS

The vulnerability of the arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c component of the Linux operating system is related to pointer dereferencing errors. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to trigger a service failure using the perf record command...

Linux kernel code vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. Linux kernel is vulnerable due to a null pointer dereference and OOPS flaw in arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c. By sending a constructed perf record command, an authenticated local attacker can exploit th...