# CVE-2018-11232: The etm\_setup\_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because a parameter is incorrectly used as a local variable.

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## References

- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.2
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f

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