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Test your applicationsUpgrade RHEL:6
python-perf
to version 0:2.6.32-358.6.2.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:0830
.
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf
package and not the python-perf
package as distributed by RHEL
.
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for RHEL:6
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.