A flaw memory leak in the Linux kernel performance monitoring subsystem was found in the way if using PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER. A local user could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T15:40:36.653Z

Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-25704

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-02T01:15:12.670

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:18:31.603

Link: CVE-2020-25704

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-25704 - Bugzilla

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