Bug 748669 - CVE-2011-2521 kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initialization [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2011-2521 kernel: perf, x86: fix Intel fixed counters base initialization...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 15
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Kernel Maintainer List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2011-2521
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Reported: 2011-10-25 03:41 UTC by Eugene Teo (Security Response)
Modified: 2011-10-25 14:05 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-10-25 14:05:57 UTC
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Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2011-10-25 03:41:05 UTC
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Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2011-10-25 14:05:57 UTC
This bug did not exist in any released kernel. It was introduced after 2.6.38 but was fixed before 2.6.39-rc1.


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