Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-1767

Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by remounting a tmpfs filesystem without specifying a required mpol (aka mempolicy) mount option.

EPSS: 0.005 (40.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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