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CVE-2013-2094

The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain pr…

KEV EPSS 47.7%

The kernel CNA record carries no publication date. Subsystem unknown. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.

What to do, per Debian release

Debian's own status for CVE-2013-2094 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source

ReleaseStatus VersionWhat this means
Debian 12bookwormfixed3.8.11-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 3.8.11-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian 13trixiefixed3.8.11-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 3.8.11-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian 14forkyfixed3.8.11-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 3.8.11-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.
Debian unstablesidfixed3.8.11-1Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 3.8.11-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts.

The vulnerability

What the bug is

The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.

Where it lives

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Not established. This site could not find the build rule for the affected file in the kernel trees Debian ships, so it has no answer about whether Debian compiles this code. Read that as unknown, never as absent.

  • bookworm, trixie, forky, sid?
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not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file

Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.

Known to be exploited in the wild

Added to KEV
2022-09-15
Federal due date
2022-10-06
Ransomware use
unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

the KEV catalogue

Signals

Published
unknown
CVSS
no vector published, unrated
Attack vector
not published
EPSS
47.71%, higher than 98.8% of all CVEssource
CISA KEV
listedthe KEV catalogue
Debian urgency
not yet assignedsource
Subsystem
unknown

Debian advisories

AdvisoryDateShipped toDebian
DSA-2669-12013-05-15wheezy 3.2.41-2+deb7u2tracker

Why the CNA scored it this way

The kernel CNA published no CVSS vector and no reasoning for CVE-2013-2094, which is why it is shown as unrated rather than given an invented score. 6,405 of the 20,413 CVEs here carry reasoning; this is not one of them.