Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2013-3301
The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Mrg — versions 2.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension — versions 11
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 11
References
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d (Exploit)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/15/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)