September 15, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2013-2094 — Linux Kernel
Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-09-15- Federal due date
2022-10-06- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- EPSS
- 98.5th percentile (score 0.659, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2094
CISA short 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
Apply updates per vendor instructions.