CVE ID:	CVE-2013-4254
Description:	The validate_event function in arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.8 on the ARM platform allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by adding a hardware event to an event group led by a software event.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4254 54494 http://secunia.com/advisories/54494 USN-1968-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1968-1 USN-1969-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1969-1 USN-1970-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1970-1 USN-1971-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1 USN-1972-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1972-1 USN-1973-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1973-1 USN-1974-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1 USN-1975-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1975-1 [oss-security] 20130816 Re: CVE Request: linux-kernel priviledge escalation on ARM/perf http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/16/6 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998878 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c95eb3184ea1a3a2551df57190c81da695e2144b