UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2930

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2930

    Published: 9 Dec 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2930
    Aliases:
    USN-2068-1
    USN-2070-1
    USN-2071-1

    Summary:

    Details: The perf_trace_event_perm function in kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly restrict access to the perf subsystem, which allows local users to enable function tracing via a crafted application.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2930, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/12ae030d54ef250706da5642fc7697cc60ad0df7, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=12ae030d54ef250706da5642fc7697cc60ad0df7, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2068-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2070-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2071-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2072-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2074-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2075-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2076-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2112-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2930

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.12.0-5.13

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High