Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 17, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 20, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Mar 1, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 17, 2022
Last updated
Feb 20, 2023
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.
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