USN-4710-1
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linux, linux-hwe vulnerability
Kiyin (尹亮) discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some situations. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion).
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
February 3, 2021
Required by
Not available
Last source change
June 3, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
83 explicit affected versions
67 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
USN-4710-1
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Kiyin (尹亮) discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some situations. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion).
05 / REFERENCES