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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:21:02 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
        eranian@...gle.com, ak@...ux.intel.com, security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: CVE Request: More perf security fixes

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On 06/04/2013 09:53 AM, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The perf kernel folks seem to have fixed some more perf issues
> which have not yet got CVEs.
> 
> Our partner Intel thinks that these 3 are security relevant, so we
> think they also need seperate CVEs.
> 
> I only glanced what the issue is, please correct if my
> classification is wrong..
> 
> 1. Info leak (?) via PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7cc23cd6c0c7d7f4bee057607e7ce01568925717

This
> 
one is a right proper mess. I'm going to suggest in future we
send one email per Linux Kernel vuln so in case discussions takes off
the other vulns included don't get caught up in the mess.

> 2. Denial of service (system crash)
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e

This
> 
one seems clear, please use CVE-2013-2146 for this issue.

> 3. Information leak (??) via perf LBR filter
> 
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e15eb3ba6c0249c9e8c783517d131b47db995ca

This
> 
one is a right proper mess. I'm going to suggest in future we
send one email per Linux Kernel vuln so in case discussions takes off
the other vulns included don't get caught up in the mess.


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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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