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⇱ NVD - CVE-2013-2094

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CVE-2013-2094 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.c CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Not Applicable 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/93361 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iw CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 09/15/2022 10/06/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors 👁 cwe source acceptance level
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Change History

17 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 6/16/2026 7:52:44 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added SSVC 
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CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/16/2026 7:52:44 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Affected 
[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/22/2026 10:38:13 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference Type 
CISA-ADP: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094 Types: US Government Resource

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 9:15:48 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 4:16:04 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Removed Reference 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 3:16:09 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/03/2025 1:59:15 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 2/04/2025 3:15:31 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Modified Analysis by NIST 12/19/2024 1:30:26 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 8:51:01 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f
Added Reference 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html
Added Reference 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
Added Reference 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.html
Added Reference 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.html
Added Reference 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.html
Added Reference 
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758
Added Reference 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.c
Added Reference 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html
Added Reference 
http://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267
Added Reference 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589
Added Reference 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
Added Reference 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
Added Reference 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6
Added Reference 
http://www.osvdb.org/93361
Added Reference 
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iw
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1
Added Reference 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792
Added Reference 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 10:55:07 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Reanalysis by NIST 3/04/2024 5:58:17 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed CPE Configuration 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 3.0.75
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.2.45
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3 up to (excluding) 3.4.42
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5 up to (excluding) 3.8.9


 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.75
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.2.45
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3 up to (excluding) 3.4.42
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5 up to (excluding) 3.8.9

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/15/2024 1:55:06 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed CPE Configuration 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.8.8


 
OR
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 3.0.75
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.2.45
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3 up to (excluding) 3.4.42
 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5 up to (excluding) 3.8.9
Changed Reference Type 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f No Types Assigned


 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f Not Applicable
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03976.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.html No Types Assigned


 
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.html Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758 No Types Assigned


 
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5703758 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.c Exploit


 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.c Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html No Types Assigned


 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9 Not Applicable
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/14/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.osvdb.org/93361 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.osvdb.org/93361 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iw No Types Assigned


 
http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iw Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1826-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 No Types Assigned


 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792 No Types Assigned


 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792 Issue Tracking
Changed Reference Type 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f No Types Assigned


 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f Third Party Advisory

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 11:42:49 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed Description 
CVE-2013-2094 kernel: perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access


 
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.
Removed CVSS V2 
Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0829 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0830 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0832 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0840 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0841 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2094 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 1:17:34 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed Description 
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.


 
CVE-2013-2094 kernel: perf_swevent_enabled array out-of-bound access
Added CVSS V2 
Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added Reference 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0829 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0830 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0832 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0840 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0841 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2094 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f [Patch]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/06/2017 9:59:10 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33589 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
http://www.osvdb.org/93361 [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 5/14/2013 7:31:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-2094
NVD Published Date:
05/14/2013
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.