CVE-2013-4512 | BDVDB-2026-58368 Detail
Description#
Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63510
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.