CVE ID:	CVE-2011-2521
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.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70303
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2521 [oss-security] 20110706 Re: CVE request: kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initialization http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/4 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719228 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc66c5210ec2539e800e87d7b3a985323c7be96e