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CVE-2013-2094

Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA catalog due date2022-10-06
overdue since 2022-10-06
EPSS exploit probability (next 30 days)47.7% · 99percentile
From CVE publication to KEV listing3411 days (2013-05-14 → 2022-09-15)
Remediation window (KEV listing to due date)21 days
Days on the KEV list1518 days
Date added to KEV2022-09-15
Known ransomware campaign useUnknown
VendorLinux
ProductKernel
Weaknesses (CWE)CWE-189

Linux: 32 entries (1.8% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 9 added in 2026.

BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.

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Description

Linux kernel fails to check all 64 bits of attr.config passed by user space, resulting to out-of-bounds access of the perf_swevent_enabled array in sw_perf_event_destroy(). Explotation allows for privilege escalation.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02f; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2094

References

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